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electoress

noun

Etymology

From elector + -ess.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻ — “to collect, gather”
  2. derived from *legō✻ — “to gather, collect”
  3. derived from ēligere — “to elect”
  4. derived from ēlēctor — “chooser, selector; voter, elector”
  5. inherited from electour — “one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”
  6. suffixed as electoress — “elector + ess”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of electress.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA