pharaohesses

Noun

pharaohess (plural pharaohesses)

1. A female pharaoh.
   • [The priests decided] to pay everlasting honours to the Pharaohess Berenice, / the daughter of the Gods, the Well-doers, in all the temples of Egypt.1929, E. A. Wallis Budge, The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, page 276
2. The wife of a pharaoh.
   • Balancing four boxes on her head, she mounted the stairs, telling herself that she was a slave-girl in ancient Egypt carrying stone blocks for the great pyramid. When she reached the first floor she removed both the wrap and the sandals to add authentic local colour and so that she was a genuine...1997 [1968], Belle du Seigneur, Penguin Books, translation of original by Cohen, Albert, →ISBN, pages 602–603