Astronomeress
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A female astronomer. rare
"Positively, these Frenchwomen are wonderful creatures!—There are plenty of clever Englishwomen,—but they are to the manner born. The discreet damsels who write about Political Economy have been swaddled in foolscap and dieted from their youth upwards on printer’s ink; while the astronomeress of forty was made to play with baby-house orreries at four years old."
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More examples"Positively, these Frenchwomen are wonderful creatures!—There are plenty of clever Englishwomen,—but they are to the manner born. The discreet damsels who write about Political Economy have been swaddled in foolscap and dieted from their youth upwards on printer’s ink; while the astronomeress of forty was made to play with baby-house orreries at four years old."
Etymology
From astronomer + -ess.
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