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prime ministresses

prime ministresses is the plural of prime ministress.

Meaning of prime ministress

Noun

prime ministress (plural prime ministresses)

  1. (dated) A female prime minister.
    • Mrs. Drilling may, in fact, be pronounced the Première or Prime Ministress of my Majesty’s Council of Advisers.1859 June 18, “My Advisers”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round. […], volume I, number 8, London: […], page 182, column 2
    Synonyms:
    prime ministrix
  2. (archaic, rare) The wife of a prime minister.
    • I met Palmerston [Henry John Temple] yesterday at the prorogation. He looked cheerful, as he would do if he were going to the gallows. I congratulated Lady Palmerston [Emily Temple] as being Prime Ministress.1855 August 15, John, Lord Campbell, edited by [Mary Scarlett] Hardcastle, Life of John, Lord Campbell, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: Consisting of a Selection from His Autobiography, Diary...

Questions about prime ministresses

What is prime ministresses the plural of?
Prime ministresses is the plural of prime ministress.

Words near prime ministresses in the dictionary

  1. prime ministerial
  2. prime ministers
  3. prime ministership
  4. prime ministerships
  5. prime ministress
  6. prime ministresses
  7. prime ministries
  8. prime ministrix
  9. prime ministry
  10. prime mover
  11. prime movers

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