Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female commander.
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Examples
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Realising how piqued a proper man CEO might be, if he accidentally talked to a female captainess of industry thinking she was a wife, Davos gives out special wife-of-delegate badges, where the affiliation is left blank to indicate your lady-worthlessness.
The Guardian World News Zoe Williams 2011
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‘captainess’ (Sidney); ‘saintess’ (Sir T. Urquhart); ‘heroess’,
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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