electress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of electress
Example Sentences
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And the electress had answered in similar strain, “He shall be mine as if my own in birth!”
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.
He takes for the mother he desires, at one time the electress, at another time Natalie, “his girl, his bride.”
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.
The electress, who entered at the side of her husband, received the emperor in the large and brilliant throne-room of the palace.
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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.
His ability was probably small, and he is spoken of with little respect in the Verney Papers and by the electress Sophia in her Memoirs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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