单词 | operatress |
释义 | operatressn. A female operator; = operatrix n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > woman workwomana1382 operatrice1531 labouress1570 operatress1841 ouvrièrea1855 career woman1927 1841 Fraser's Mag. 24 712 He..had hired an excellent cook; but the said operatress found such difficulties in pleasing herself at the cottage fireplace, that [etc.]. 1938 R. Frost in R. P. Tristram Coffin New Poetry of New Eng. vi. 138 A forty year old telegraph operatress had drawn her own inference from my telegrams. 2002 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 28 July e2 I'd pick it up to dial, and I'd hear the voice of that undead robot operatress: If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841 |
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