regentessn.
/riːdʒənˈtɛs/, /ˈriːdʒəntᵻs/, U.S. /ˈridʒəntəs/ A woman who is a regent.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > regent > [noun] > female
protectress1587
regentess1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regente, the Regentesse, or Protectresse of a Kingdome.
1655 R. Cotton Answer Propositions Warre & Peace i. 81 With the Emperour Charles and Margaret Regentesse of Burgundy he maketh a Confederation against Francis the French King.
1830 W. Taylor Historic Surv. German Poetry III. 318 A characteristic scene is that..between the Regentess and Macchiavel.
1877 Tinsley's Mag. 20 147 Penetrating to the cabinet of the regentess.
1926 Havre (Montana) Daily News Promoter 24 Dec. 1/7 At the bedside when the end came were..Prince Sumi and the regentess Nagako, now to become Empress of Japan.
1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Feb. 118/1 ‘The Regentesses’, his [sc. Frans Hals's] group portrait of the five women governors of the Haarlem almshouse.
1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) ii. xviii. 890 The town's real attraction is the Frans Hals Museum..in the Oudemannhuis almshouse where..there are..marvellous late portraits of the regents and regentesses of the Oudemannhuis itself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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