governoress

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman employed to educate children in private households. nonstandard
    — How are the following nouns improperly formed, and what should they be? viz.—Lifes, knifes, dwarves, mischieves—boxs, churchs, dishs, fishs—enemys, flys, skys, spys—louses, mouses, oxes, pennys—arcanums, datums, erratums, phænomenons—bacheloress, benefactoress, governoress—boys books, girls dolls, childs rattle—diligence sake; Jane’s, Margaret’s, and Isabella’s mother; John’s, Peter’s, and Frank’s books.
  2. A female governor. dated
    — I was introduced by Mrs. Onward, the Governoress, to Mrs. Sapient, the Speakeress of the House.
  3. The wife of a governor. dated
    — Colonel Braddyll, soon after his marriage, was chosen governor of ⸺, in India, and Mrs. Braddyll, as governoress, or governor’s lady, was in the height of her glory.

词形变化

governoresses plural governeress alternative,obsolete governor-ess alternative,rare

词源

Originally from Middle English governeresse, from Old French governeresse. In this form (with -o-; unlike governeress, governer seems to have never been more common than the -o- form) and later uses, directly from governor + -ess.
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