Meaning of officeress | Babel Free

Definitions

A female officer.

archaic, humorous, rare

Examples

“What are the functions of this lady—what it was she desired to try⟳—whether her name⟳ begins with N., T., Or P., seem to be moot questions; but they positively say⟳, not only that such an officeress exists, but that she keeps a Clerk.”

“It required a sketch⟳ from the life by Burton of the inky hag who was chief officeress of his brigade to put⟳ matters right at home.”

“I can hear⟳ the tumbrel wheels creaking again and the swift slide⟳ of the blade—in my dream⟳ I was being interviewed by a female Mont Court parole officeress or whatever, dreams take⟳ their own⟳ course, and pretty soon the doctor or the male Mont Court, or somebody, came back.”

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