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engineeress

noun

Etymology

From engineer + -ess.

  1. derived from ingegniere — “engineer”
  2. derived from engigneour
  3. derived from ingénieur
  4. derived from *ǵenh₁-✻ — “to beget, give birth to; to produce”
  5. derived from ingenium — “innate or natural quality, nature; intelligence, natural capacity; ability, skill, talent; (Medieval Latin) engine; machine”
  6. derived from engigneor
  7. derived from enginour
  8. inherited from enginour — “one who designs, constructs, or operates military works for attack or defence, etc.; machine designer”
  9. suffixed as engineeress — “engineer + ess”

Definitions

  1. A female engineer.

    • But at least they learned to dance and smile and talk and choose engineeresses appropriate to their engineering futures.

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