secretaryess
secretaryess noun: a female secretary.
Noun
secretaryess (plural secretaryesses)
- a female secretary.
- “He clearly comes within my province,” said the Secretaryess of Foreign Affairs. “I will attend to his case.” / “No, I will,” cried all the other Secretaryesses, and after that all of the unofficial electors said that they would.1905 December 9, “The Isle of Beautiful Woman”, in The San Francisco Call, volume XCIX, number 9, San Francisco, Calif., page 8, column 4
- "Why," defiantly explains the secretaryess of the treasury, "I ran my department just as I ran my home. I have had everything charged.1915, John Ames Mitchell, Life, page 1083
Examples of secretaryess in a sentence
- Simpson, you sure are there as press secretaryess for the Ladies Social Club.1930, The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators, page 524:
- At Lost Rosary's conclusion, in a purported conversation with publisher Donahoe, McCorry levels the same accusation at the secretaryess herself:2017, Peter D. O'Neill, Famine Irish and the American Racial State, Routledge, →ISBN, page 127:
Forms of secretaryess
| plural | secretaryesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | secretaress |
Origin of secretaryess
From secretary + -ess.
Questions about secretaryess
- What does secretaryess mean?
- Secretaryess means a female secretary.
- How do you use secretaryess in a sentence?
- Simpson, you sure are there as press secretaryess for the Ladies Social Club.
- What part of speech is secretaryess?
- Secretaryess is a noun.
- What is the plural of secretaryess?
- The plural of secretaryess is secretaryesses.
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