单词 | ruleress |
释义 | ruleressn. rare before mid 19th cent. A female ruler. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > female dame?c1225 governoressc1430 ruleressc1450 governess1483 gubernatrice1522 moderatrice1531 governatrice1532 gubernatrix1541 dominatrix1561 governantec1570 moderatrix1577 rectrix1588 rectress1599 moderatress1601 c1450 J. Marion in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1913) 131 56 (MED) Ruleresse of all thinge, O goode lady celestiall..I with petous herte vn-to yow compleyne. 1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 103v The glory of Iuno, or of the ruleress. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Regeerster, a Governesse, or a Ruleresse. 1854 E. Robinson Westm. Abbey II. xix. 151 Our devote heiress disinherited!—to make the gibing Frenchwoman who wrote the Heptameron our ruleress. 1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis I. viii. 459 When a chief died it has often happened that his wife became the ruleress and queen of the tribe. 1937 G. Frankau More of Us xii. 125 Was this The ruleress of waves, R.N., all-British, Who stooped to plant the Cytherean Kiss? 1992 J. Taylor Stardust & Shadows xi. 263 I want to become Ruleress of the Tri-Galaxy we shall own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450 |
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