generalessn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɛn(ə)rəˈlɛs/,

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rələs/

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

Etymology: < general n. + -ess suffix¹.In quot. 1824 at sense 1 after German Frau Generalin (late 17th cent. or earlier; formerly frequently as a polite form of address, now archaic or humorous); compare Madam Privy-councilloress in the same quot., which renders German Frau Geheimrätin . In quot. 1827 at sense 2 apparently translating French générale female general of a religious order (1740; 1802 in sense 1).

1. The wife of a general. Frequently humorous.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > wife of one in specific occupation > specific

doctoress1622

generaless1646

tradeswomana1652

bishopess1699

doctress1748

vicaress1770

parsoness1784

farm wife1831

farmeress1833

old Dutcha1889

rebbetzin1892

owneress1923

faculty wife1962

1646 O. Cromwell Let. 25 Oct. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 416 My service and dear affections to the General and Generaless.

1824 J. Russell Tour in Germany (1825) II. v. 286 All over Germany, a wife insists on taking the official title of her husband, with a feminine termination. There is Madam Generaless, Madam Privy-councilloress, Madam Chief-book-keeperess, and a hundred others.

1888 Universal Rev. Oct. 220 The Generaless had not long been dead when Bazaine..married a great Mexican heiress.

1969 J. Hawkes Lunar Landscapes 73 The generaless rose and began to collect the scattered magazines.

2. A female general.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > commander-in-chief > woman

generalissima1643

generaless1661

1661 W. Johnson Novelty Represt Pref. sig. A2 The Beldam Medusa took her flight into the Dorcades..and there raging like a hellish furie, made her self Queen and Generaless of a femal armie.

1827 E. LePage tr. M. de la Roche Arnaud Mod. Jesuits 6 He has contributed in an eminent degree to the establishment of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart, and has appointed Mademoiselle Barat, his sister, to be generaless of the order.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. v. 358 He hastily nominates or sanctions generalesses.

1883 Harper's Mag. June 140/1 She forgot the..Amazons, and generalesses.

1959 S. Bellow Henderson Rain King xiv. 198 Tatu, the amazon generaless, pulled away my fingers and put one of those many-thonged whips into them.

1998 A. M. Paz-Soldán in S. G. Waisman tr. N. Aguirre Juan de la Rosa Foreword p. xxxviii He handed over the command to the Virgin of Our Lady of Mercy, naming her the Generaless of the revolutionary army.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	generaless
释义	generalessn. Brit. /ˌdʒɛn(ə)rəˈlɛs/, /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rələs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: general n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < general n. + -ess suffix¹.In quot. 1824 at sense 1 after German Frau Generalin (late 17th cent. or earlier; formerly frequently as a polite form of address, now archaic or humorous); compare Madam Privy-councilloress in the same quot., which renders German Frau Geheimrätin . In quot. 1827 at sense 2 apparently translating French générale female general of a religious order (1740; 1802 in sense 1). 1. The wife of a general. Frequently humorous. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > wife of one in specific occupation > specific doctoress1622 generaless1646 tradeswomana1652 bishopess1699 doctress1748 vicaress1770 parsoness1784 farm wife1831 farmeress1833 old Dutcha1889 rebbetzin1892 owneress1923 faculty wife1962 1646 O. Cromwell Let. 25 Oct. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 416 My service and dear affections to the General and Generaless. 1824 J. Russell Tour in Germany (1825) II. v. 286 All over Germany, a wife insists on taking the official title of her husband, with a feminine termination. There is Madam Generaless, Madam Privy-councilloress, Madam Chief-book-keeperess, and a hundred others. 1888 Universal Rev. Oct. 220 The Generaless had not long been dead when Bazaine..married a great Mexican heiress. 1969 J. Hawkes Lunar Landscapes 73 The generaless rose and began to collect the scattered magazines. 2. A female general. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > commander-in-chief > woman generalissima1643 generaless1661 1661 W. Johnson Novelty Represt Pref. sig. A2 The Beldam Medusa took her flight into the Dorcades..and there raging like a hellish furie, made her self Queen and Generaless of a femal armie. 1827 E. LePage tr. M. de la Roche Arnaud Mod. Jesuits 6 He has contributed in an eminent degree to the establishment of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart, and has appointed Mademoiselle Barat, his sister, to be generaless of the order. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. v. 358 He hastily nominates or sanctions generalesses. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 140/1 She forgot the..Amazons, and generalesses. 1959 S. Bellow Henderson Rain King xiv. 198 Tatu, the amazon generaless, pulled away my fingers and put one of those many-thonged whips into them. 1998 A. M. Paz-Soldán in S. G. Waisman tr. N. Aguirre Juan de la Rosa Foreword p. xxxviii He handed over the command to the Virgin of Our Lady of Mercy, naming her the Generaless of the revolutionary army. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646
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