directress

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director +‎ -ess

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directress (plural directresses)

  1. A female director.
    Synonym: directrix
    • 1791, Homer, W[illiam] Cowper, transl., “[The Odyssey.] Book I.”, in The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, [], volume II, London: [] J[oseph] Johnson, [], →OCLC, page 9, lines 172 and 174–177:
      And now a maiden [] ſupplied them, next, / With a reſplendent table, which the chaſte / Directreſs of the ſtores furniſh'd with bread / And dainties, remnants of the laſt regale.

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