Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female citizen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A female citizen.

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  • noun A female citizen.

Etymologies

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citizen +‎ -ess

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Examples

  • In 1796 he married the "citizeness" Isaure Mouchon, by whom he had three children: a son, Claude, and two daughters, Jenny -- Mme. Leclercq -- and Eliza.

    Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

  • A citizen of the United States, is a _person_ owing allegiance to the government; but then all persons are not _men_; and the definition of "citizeness" is a female citizen.

    History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

  • "citizeness" of Zurich, _embonpoint_ and matronly, married to one of the portly burghers of the city, and exemplary in all the arts of sheep-shearing, wool-spinning, and cheese-making; a mother, surrounded

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various

  • “You are next for the boat, citizeness,” he urged.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “You are next for the boat, citizeness,” he urged.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “The Amiens coach leaves in ten minutes exactly—do you care to board, citizeness?”

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “The Amiens coach leaves in ten minutes exactly—do you care to board, citizeness?”

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “You are next for the boat, citizeness,” he urged.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “The Amiens coach leaves in ten minutes exactly—do you care to board, citizeness?”

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Every French citizen or citizeness is carrying pine-apples home.

    Reprinted Pieces 2007

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