directress en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English director Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English directress From director + -ess.
Meanings
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(dated) A female director.
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.
1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book I.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 9, lines 172 and 174–177:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| directresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (16)
de Direktorin (female director) · ro directoare (female director) · de Vorsteherin (female director) · nl regisseuse (female director) · pl reżyserka (female director) · nl directrice (female director) · gl directora (female director) · fi johtajatar (female director) · kw kevarwodhores (female director) · ast direutora (female director) · it direttrice (female director) · ca directora (female director) · de Leiterin (female director) · es directora (female director) · de Regisseurin (female director) · ga banstiúrthóir (female director)