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memberess|ˈmɛmbərɪs|
Also membress.
[f. member n. + -ess1.]
A female member; spec. a female member of Parliament. (Not in freq. use.)
1867J. Macgregor Rob Roy on Baltic x. 126 It would..be worth while being an M.P...to see the Chancellor of the Exchequer badgered..by Dr. Emma Blew, Memberess for Honiton. 1876C. M. Yonge Three Brides I. xix. 338 You proved yourself the fittest memberess for the future parliament. 1933H. Belloc in G. K.'s Weekly 7 Dec. 212/1 Your member, or membress, of Parliament is all for what he or she will call temperance. |