Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wife or widow of an elector of the Roman-German empire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An electress.
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- noun Alternative form of
electress .
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Examples
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Soon after the electoress became Queen of Prussia, she invited him to visit her, saying, "Think not that I prefer this greatness and this crown, about which they make such a bustle here, to the conversations on philosophy we have had together in Lutzenburg."
The Friendships of Women William Rounseville Alger 1863
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