单词 | speakeress |
释义 | speakeressn. A female speaker; a woman acting as a president or Speaker. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of > female moderatress1601 chairwoman1699 prolocutress1737 moderatrix1753 speakeress1781 chairlady1925 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > speaker of Commons > female speakeress1897 1781 Westm. Mag. 9 16 Here the ‘Speakeress’ was again obliged to call ‘to order’. 1831 Lincoln Herald 14 Oct. 3/6 The dowager Duchess of Richmond is the Speakeress, and Lady Jersey first clerk at the table. 1831 T. Carlyle Let. 22 Aug. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1976) V. 355 I sat directly behind a Speaker with Tongues. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 2/1 With men and women on the Treasury Bench, and, perhaps, a Speakeress in the chair. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1781 |
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