New Zealandress

English

Etymology

From New Zealander +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

New Zealandress (plural New Zealandresses)

1. (rare, chiefly obsolete) A female New Zealander.
   • 1866, John Alexander Wilson, The Story of Te Waharoa … A Chapter in Early New Zealand History‎^[1], →ISBN, page 54:

     …her last despairing, supplicating look, as she was taken a few yards off, and killed, by that virago, Mrs. Haupapa—the fiendish New Zealandress.

   • 1912 December 14, Mrs. Leopold Myers, “Pankhurst and Party.”, in New Zealand Herald‎^[2], page 1:

     Being an easily enfranchised New Zealandress, I found myself lodged midway between the two camps…

   • 1928, Marc Chadourne, Vasco‎^[3], →ISBN, page 87:

     Neptunes in hempen wigs waltzed with the lean New Zealandress, who had stuck flowers from a hat into her fair hair, to impersonate Oceania.

   • 1977, Nina and Jim Munro, A Taste of New Zealand in Food and Pictures, →ISBN, page 92:

     The New Zealandress is as sports-minded as her brother…

Hypernyms

• New Zealander
• flax-stick (informal)
• Kiwi (informal)

Related terms

• New Zealand

Translations

female New Zealander

• Dutch: Nieuw-Zeelandse (nl) f
• French: Néo-Zélandaise (fr) f
• German: Neuseeländerin (de) f
• Polish: Nowozelandka (pl) f
• Romanian: neozeelandeză (ro) f
• Russian: новозела́ндка (ru) f (novozelándka)
• Spanish: neozelandesa (es) f

See also

• Aotearoan
• Maori
• pakeha