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单词 speakeress
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speakeressn.

Brit. /spiːkəˈrɛs/, /ˈspiːkərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈspikərəs/
Etymology: < speaker n. + -ess suffix1.
A female speaker; a woman acting as a president or Speaker.
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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).
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