directress

English

Etymology

From director +‎ -ess.

Noun

directress (plural directresses)

1. A (dated) female director.

   Synonym: directrix

   • 1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book I.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 9, lines 172 and 174–177:

     And now a maiden […] ſupplied them, next, / With a reſplendent table, which the chaſte / Directreſs of the ſtores furniſh'd with bread / And dainties, remnants of the laſt regale.

Translations

female director

• Asturian: direutora (ast) f
• Catalan: directora (ca) f
• Dutch: regisseuse (nl) f, directrice (nl) f
• Finnish: johtajatar (fi)
• Galician: directora f
• German: Direktorin (de) f, Leiterin (de) f, Regisseurin (de) f, Vorsteherin (de) f
• Irish: banstiúrthóir m
• Italian: direttrice (it) f
• Polish: reżyserka (pl) f
• Romanian: directoare (ro) f
• Spanish: directora (es) f

Anagrams

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