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单词 ruleress
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ruleressn.

Brit. /ruːləˈrɛs/, /ˈruːlərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈrulərəs/
Forms: see ruler n.1 and -ess suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruler n.1, -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < ruler n.1 + -ess suffix1.
rare before mid 19th cent.
A female ruler.
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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).
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