| 释义 |
preacheress|ˈpriːtʃərɪs|
[f. preacher + -ess. Cf. OF. proicheresse (Godef.).]
A female preacher. (Used only for distinction or emphasis.)
1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 365 In the Heb. this word is..in the Feminine Gender; and so may be translated exactly, The Congregatrix, or the Preacheresse. 1671H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 231 How come we by this preacheress? 1880Fowler Locke vi. 101 They listened to the famous Quaker preacheress, Rebecca Collier. |