citessn.

Brit.

/sɪˈtɛs/, U.S.

/sɪˈtɛs/

Forms: 1600s cittess, 1600s– citess.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cit n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < cit n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare citizeness n.In sense 2 apparently in imitation of the corresponding specific use of French citoyenne (see citizen n.).

†1. colloquial. A female cit. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun]

borough-manc1000

city mana1400

townsman1433

town manc1475

town dweller1484

oppidan?1548

burgher?1555

townsfolk1562

townsfolk1592

townswoman1612

town liver1620

town folk1679

citess1685

citizeness1754

citizette1798

townie1825

urban1835

townskip1837

townsperson1840

urbanite1892

burgheress1901

1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius Prol. sig. (c)2 ^v Cits and Citesses, raise a joyful strain.

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Bourgeois Bourgeoise, a Cittess, a She-Cit, by way of distinction from a Courtier.

1736 C. Arnoux New Phrases & Dialogues French & Eng. 32 C'est une Bourgeoise qui veut figuer avec les Dames, she is a Citess and sets up for some Body.

1803 Gaz. U.S. (Philadelphia) 4 Mar. He..broke his collar bone, pursuing, like Apollo, a nimble footed Daphne, in the shape of a sable citess.

1818 N.-Amer. Rev. & Misc. Jrnl. 6 170 His third wife..was a London citess and a saint.

1843 tr. J. Janin Amer. in Paris vi. 37 Such is the current and daily breakfast of cits and citesses, servants and masters.

2. U.S. Occasionally used in preference to citizeness as a title or form of address for a woman. Cf. citizen n. 2c, citizeness n. Now historical and rare.The use appears to have had only very limited and brief currency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for woman

mistress?a1425

your (also occasionally thy) mistress-ship?1461

sir1578

goodwife1593

metresse1600

metreza1604

sirrah1604

mistershipa1616

Mrsa1637

ma'am1671

citess1793

Mis'1835

mem1890

1793 Boston Gaz. 21 Jan. Married, By Citizen Thatcher, Citizen Frederick W. Geyer, jun. to Citess Rebecca, daughter to Citizen Nathan Frazer.

1795 W. Cobbett Bone to gnaw for Democrats 14 The highest and lowest titles were to be citizen and citess.

1796 Brit. Critic 7 367 The Americans have coined the term Citess, which is better [than Citizeness].

1833 W. Jay Life J. Jay I. viii. 319 Although good democrats still married, the more scrupulous were careful that the public journals, in announcing the marriage, should designate the bride as ‘Citess’, instead of Miss.

1928 M. Minnigerode Presidential Years 48 The Republicans who idolized France and the Revolution..and called each other Citizen and Citess.

1989 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 76 735 In Boston and other cities francophiles addressed one another as ‘citizen’ or ‘citess’ in the case of women.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	citess
释义	citessn. Brit. /sɪˈtɛs/, U.S. /sɪˈtɛs/ Forms: 1600s cittess, 1600s– citess. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cit n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < cit n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare citizeness n.In sense 2 apparently in imitation of the corresponding specific use of French citoyenne (see citizen n.). †1. colloquial. A female cit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] borough-manc1000 city mana1400 townsman1433 town manc1475 town dweller1484 oppidan?1548 burgher?1555 townsfolk1562 townsfolk1592 townswoman1612 town liver1620 town folk1679 citess1685 citizeness1754 citizette1798 townie1825 urban1835 townskip1837 townsperson1840 urbanite1892 burgheress1901 1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius Prol. sig. (c)2 ^v Cits and Citesses, raise a joyful strain. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Bourgeois Bourgeoise, a Cittess, a She-Cit, by way of distinction from a Courtier. 1736 C. Arnoux New Phrases & Dialogues French & Eng. 32 C'est une Bourgeoise qui veut figuer avec les Dames, she is a Citess and sets up for some Body. 1803 Gaz. U.S. (Philadelphia) 4 Mar. He..broke his collar bone, pursuing, like Apollo, a nimble footed Daphne, in the shape of a sable citess. 1818 N.-Amer. Rev. & Misc. Jrnl. 6 170 His third wife..was a London citess and a saint. 1843 tr. J. Janin Amer. in Paris vi. 37 Such is the current and daily breakfast of cits and citesses, servants and masters. 2. U.S. Occasionally used in preference to citizeness as a title or form of address for a woman. Cf. citizen n. 2c, citizeness n. Now historical and rare.The use appears to have had only very limited and brief currency. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for woman mistress?a1425 your (also occasionally thy) mistress-ship?1461 sir1578 goodwife1593 metresse1600 metreza1604 sirrah1604 mistershipa1616 Mrsa1637 ma'am1671 citess1793 Mis'1835 mem1890 1793 Boston Gaz. 21 Jan. Married, By Citizen Thatcher, Citizen Frederick W. Geyer, jun. to Citess Rebecca, daughter to Citizen Nathan Frazer. 1795 W. Cobbett Bone to gnaw for Democrats 14 The highest and lowest titles were to be citizen and citess. 1796 Brit. Critic 7 367 The Americans have coined the term Citess, which is better [than Citizeness]. 1833 W. Jay Life J. Jay I. viii. 319 Although good democrats still married, the more scrupulous were careful that the public journals, in announcing the marriage, should designate the bride as ‘Citess’, instead of Miss. 1928 M. Minnigerode Presidential Years 48 The Republicans who idolized France and the Revolution..and called each other Citizen and Citess. 1989 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 76 735 In Boston and other cities francophiles addressed one another as ‘citizen’ or ‘citess’ in the case of women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1685
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