regulatress

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

regulator +‎ -ess

Noun[edit]

regulatress (plural regulatresses)

  1. (rare) A female regulator.
    • 1825 February 18, “Moral Tales”, in The New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette, volume 3, number 30:
      […] that it was unanimously resolved by the aforesaid village sages and venerable female regulatresses, whose wisdom was truly inscrutable […]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=regulatress&oldid=60836660"