directoress

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English

Noun

directoress (plural directoresses)

  1. Alternative form of directress
    • 1873, W S Mayo, “Mrs. Stichen’s Boudoir—A Morning Call—Just touch-and-go—Society here and abroad”, in Never Again, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, , page 541:
      “My husband,” continued Mrs. Stichen, “says to me—you know that he has plenty of sense, if he is a little coarse—he says, ‘Lizzie, you have tried society now, and it don’t pay. Why don’t you dive into philanthropy? Get yourself in as Directoress, or Governoress, or Presidentess, or some thing or other, and draw on me for the expenses?’ []