grammarianess

Noun

grammarianess (plural grammarianesses)

1. (dated, rare) A female grammarian.
   • Αναγαλλὶς, ἡ Κερκυραια γραμματικη, ἥτις την της σφαιρας ἑυρεσιν Ναυσικαᾳ τη Αλκινοȣ θυγατρι ανατιθησιν. Thus the Lexicographer; who probably thought as little, as the Corcyræan Grammarianeſs, of decorating the princeſs Nauſicaa with the ſame of aſtronomical inventions. […] That is, “The Dances...1785, Samuel Horsley, “Of the Chronology of the First Ages of the Greeks”, in Isaaci Newtoni Opera Quæ Exstant Omnia. […] [All the Extant Works of Isaac Newton. […]], volume V, London: […] Joannes...
   • “[…] The author of that poem—Miss White I think you called her—bids fair to become known as a poet.” “We think the authoress will become celebrated as a poetess,” remarked the young lady pertly, with marked emphasis on two words of the sentence. […] “[…] And in the department of music, few can...1873 February 19, “Ess and Esses”, in Geo[rge] G. Washburn, editor, The Elyria Independent Democrat, volume XXI, number 23 (1,073 overall), Elyria, Oh.: Geo. G. Washburn, →OCLC, front page, column 6