electress

American  

[ih-lek-tris] / ɪˈlɛk trɪs /

noun

1. the wife or widow of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Etymology

Origin of electress

First recorded in 1610–20; elect(o)r + -ess

Example Sentences

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electress

Those, however, who are for me I shall elevate, and it seems to me I see already a royal crown on the noble brow of the electress.

From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Nor was the electress able to withstand this smile and this kind bearing of Napoleon.

From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

The electress thinks, “As true as I'm alive, this man is ill!” an opinion in which the princess Natalie concurs.

From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.

It agrees strikingly also that the prince in the fear of death expects to be saved only by the electress, that is the mother, from the punishment with which the elector father threatens him.

From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.

A part of the time the electress escaped from the court's noxious atmosphere into the purer, higher, colder regions of philosophy.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann