I often wish I were, not a butterfly nor a bird—nothing so ridiculous—but an Electress!
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Electress
//ɪˈlɛktɹɪs//
Synonyms for "electress" (1 found)
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Translations
5 translations across 2 languages.
Cornish
1 entries- etholores noun (a woman who can vote in an election)
German
4 entries- Kurfürstin noun (the wife of a German Elector / elector, often used as a title)
- Stimmbürgerin noun (a woman who can vote in an election)
- Urnengängerin noun (a woman who can vote in an election)
- Wählerin noun (a woman who can vote in an election)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Free and independent electresses might object to be set in the forefront of the battle to shield their husbands and brothers from consabulary buckshot.
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To be an electress is the greatest honour imaginable; and to be the husband of an electress—why, it doubles a man's income at once.
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Nothing could equal the astonishment of both, on hearing the door open without their command, and seeing the electress enter, who was the person in the world they least expected, and to the duchess, perhaps, the least welcome.
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