单词 | manageress |
释义 | manageressn. A female manager (chiefly in sense of manager n. 4a, which is now often preferred as not gender-specific). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > manager > female manageress1755 1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 133 Unfortunately, the Manageress's Husband..was under sentence of Transportation at Newgate. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. ii. 33 The lady manageress' benefit had been stuck up at every door in the parish. 1819 W. Scott Let. 23 Aug. (1933) V. 475 A play of Joanna Baillies which she has sent to Mrs. Siddons (our manageress). 1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird III. 81 Mdlle. Duprez..was known and welcomed with friendliest greeting by manageress and head waiter. 1925 S. Lewis Arrowsmith xxxiii. 364 The bulging-eyed manageress peered from a window before she would admit them. 1968 Punch 12 June 853/1 Animals not allowed, said the hatchet manageress. 1992 DJ 26 Nov. 48/2 Drop in at the club, check messages, gen up on any developments with my manageress, Jackie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1755 |
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