electress
Americannoun
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Origin of electress
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In the present instance the wily electress figured so closely that little Sophie Dorothea was practically left without a penny.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld
Besides several children who died in infancy she had Henry, prince of Wales, who died in 1612, Charles, afterwards King Charles I., and Elizabeth, electress palatine and queen of Bohemia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Nor was the electress able to withstand this smile and this kind bearing of Napoleon.
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
And then to the electress, “O my mother!”
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by J. Sadger
In political science he had long had the ablest counsellor in Europe at his elbow, Leibnitz, the friend of the electress.
From Lectures on Modern history by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
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