Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female monarch; a queen or empress.

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

  • noun obsolete A female monarch.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A female monarch.

Etymologies

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monarch +‎ -ess

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Examples

  • (Hakewell); ‘commandress’ (Burton); ‘monarchess’, ‘discipless’ (Speed);

    English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

  • (I'd add that I think Camilla would make a far more British monarchess than Di.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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