lieutenantess
lieutenantess noun: a female lieutenant.
Noun
lieutenantess (plural lieutenantesses)
- A female lieutenant.
- To the Queen of Arragon. To the most illuſtrious Queen, our moſt dear and moſt beloved Wife, and Lieutenanteſs generall.1654, “Manner of writing used by the Arragonian Kings of Naples writing to divers Princes”, in Parthenopoeia, or the History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, with the Dominions...
- But what shall be our uniform? As I hope to be at least a Lieutenant-ess in the new Female Battalion, I should like to be getting the materials together.1861 May 18, Council Bluffs Nonpareil, volume V, number 4 (whole 212), Council Bluffs, Iowa
Examples of lieutenantess in a sentence
- Here I never see a white woman, save two Irish lieutenantesses.1863, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, “Army Life and Camp Drill”, in Mary Thacher Higginson, editor, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth...
- Gregg and her lieutenantesses had spread the board for about as well prepared meal as ever we struck.1878 October 3, Monongahela Valley Republican, volume XXVIII, number 14, Monongahela, Pa.:
- Let it not be imagined that I am high and mighty enough to associate on terms of an equality with lordly Lieutenants and lordlier Lieutenantesses.1879 October 3, The Leavenworth Times, number 7,226, Leavenworth, Kan.:
- Imagine Sam. going down Broadway some afternoon with a captainess in front of him, a lieutenantess on either side of him, and a sergeantess in the rear!1880 March 25, Knoxville Daily Chronicle, volume X, Knoxville, Tenn.:
Forms of lieutenantess
| plural | lieutenantesses |
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Origin of lieutenantess
From lieutenant + -ess.
Questions about lieutenantess
- What does lieutenantess mean?
- Lieutenantess means a female lieutenant.
- How do you use lieutenantess in a sentence?
- Here I never see a white woman, save two Irish lieutenantesses.
- What part of speech is lieutenantess?
- Lieutenantess is a noun.
- What is the plural of lieutenantess?
- The plural of lieutenantess is lieutenantesses.
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