manageress
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of manageress
Example Sentences
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In April 1933, hotel manageress Aldie Mackay told of seeing a whale-like creature and the loch's water "cascading and churning".
From BBC • May 12, 2023
“The manageress let me sleep on her couch for a month. They were good people.”
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2020
The waitress didn't get her job back, because the manageress would have "lost face" with the rest of her staff, if she admitted that she had made a mistake.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2013
This movie ups her status, making her the manageress of the cafe where Rose is employed.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2011
Each confined itself to the interpretation of the works of its manageress, who on such evening did the honours, or of those whom the manageress favoured with her protection.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
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