单词 | manufacturess |
释义 | manufacturessn. Now rare. 1. A female manufacturer; a craftswoman. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [noun] > maker or manufacturer > woman manufacturess1822 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 657 ‘Buildresses of the lofty rhyme’, or manufacturesses of fancy goods in verse. 1853 S. Strickland 27 Years in Canada West II. 233 She had no mind to be the inmate of his wigwam, or the manufacturess of mocassins, baskets and brooms. 1874 E. F. Wilson Ojebway Language 286/1 Manufacturess..see maker. 2. The wife of a manufacturer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [noun] > factory owner > woman manufacturess1881 1881 M. A. Lewis Two Pretty Girls III. 14 A good-humoured homely body, as far as possible removed from the typical rich manufacturess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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