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Russian
Etymology
From дире́ктор (diréktor) + -ша (-ša).
Pronunciation
Noun
дире́кторша • (diréktorša) f anim (genitive дире́кторши, nominative plural дире́кторши, genitive plural дире́кторш)
- (colloquial) female equivalent of дире́ктор (diréktor): female director, head, principal, headmistress
- head's wife
1898, Антон Чехов , Человек в футляре; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., Man in a Case, 1982:Дире́кторша, инспе́кторша и все на́ши гимнази́ческие да́мы о́жили, да́же похороше́ли, то́чно вдруг уви́дели цель жи́зни.- Diréktorša, inspéktorša i vse náši gimnazíčeskije dámy óžili, dáže poxorošéli, tóčno vdrug uvídeli celʹ žízni.
- The Head’s wife, the inspector’s wife and all the mistresses who taught at the high school suddenly brightened up, looked prettier even, as if they had discovered a purpose in life.
Declension