Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female president.
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Examples
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La Gitana became all but presidentess of the Transatlantic republic; La Bayadère depolarized the tyrant of the Poles!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
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When the excitement had got a little headway on it, they formed a tea society, with the parson's wife for presidentess, and her oldest daughter for secretary.
Homeward Bound or, the Chase James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Kings have queens, and princes have princesses; but there is no presidentess ” nor a Mrs. President.
A Doll's House? Wills, Garry 1992
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