Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
dictatress .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dictatress.
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- noun archaic A
female dictator .
Etymologies
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Latin
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Examples
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As a matter of fact, there are — but even as a dictator dictatrix?
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As a matter of fact, there are — but even as a dictator dictatrix?
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Our principal domestic, in dignity and station, was Mrs. Primmins, who was waiting gentlewoman, housekeeper, and tyrannical dictatrix of the whole establishment.
The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Our principal domestic, in dignity and station, was Mrs. Primmins, who was waiting gentlewoman, housekeeper, and tyrannical dictatrix of the whole establishment.
The Caxtons — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
trivet commented on the word dictatrix
an obscure female dictator
I prefer to think of her as an out-of-control stenographer...
February 16, 2007