prime ministrix

English

Noun

prime ministrix (plural not attested)

1. (rare) A female prime minister.

   Synonym: (dated) prime ministress

   • 1916 March 6, “Catholic “Chor” Concert. Women’s Society Renders Fine Program at Arion Hall.”, in The Brooklyn Daily Times, page 7, column 4:

     Anna M. Muller acted the part of Anthracytia, the queen of the Amazons; Marie C. Gross was her daughter, the princess; Rose Scheidt was cast as a prime ministrix, Florence M. Fernbach as a female lieutenant, Estelle Weiss and Marguerite Bernard as soldiers of the guard and Theodore von Hemerth as Adelar, a gentleman in distress, more or less.

   • 1935, The Spectator, page 106, column 2:

     She keeps four husbands, several lovers, a dress suit, and a chain of improving schools and is, moreover, the Prime Ministrix designate.

   • 2001 January 7, David Ware, “Where She came from”, in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page 14, column 2:

     From whom were descended the modern Englishmen, and their cognates in Canada, Australia, U.S.A. — those mild-mannered Anglo-Saxon creatures whom Edith Cresson (the former prime ministrix of France) once characterized as “a bunch of homosexuals.” / (She was trying to explain to English journalists why French women were refusing to imitate the scorched-earth feminism from across the Channel. When her remark caused a stir in the British press, however, she took most of it back: “I wasn't saying that all Anglo-Saxon men are homosexuals. Perhaps it’s no more than 25 per cent. But you know what I mean.”)

   • 2011, Captain Drew, “Endorsements, Protests & Legal Complaints”, in rPlank™: The Official Survival Guide, Atlanta, Ga.: PiratePalooza Press, →ISBN, page 74:

     Madame Cynthia L. H. X. MacLeod III, obe, omg / Vice Chair and Prime Ministrix, AnachroCon