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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Examples
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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
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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
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"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
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“You are next for the boat, citizeness,” he urged.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“You are next for the boat, citizeness,” he urged.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“The Amiens coach leaves in ten minutes exactly—do you care to board, citizeness?”
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“The Amiens coach leaves in ten minutes exactly—do you care to board, citizeness?”
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“You are next for the boat, citizeness,” he urged.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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“The Amiens coach leaves in ten minutes exactly—do you care to board, citizeness?”
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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Every French citizen or citizeness is carrying pine-apples home.
Reprinted Pieces 2007
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