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Meaning of prime ministrix | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A female prime minister.

no-plural, rare

Examples

Anna M. Muller acted the part of Anthracytia, the queen of the Amazons; Marie C. Gross was her daughter, the princess; Rose Scheidt was cast as a prime ministrix, Florence M. Fernbach as a female lieutenant, Estelle Weiss and Marguerite Bernard as soldiers of the guard and Theodore von Hemerth as Adelar, a gentleman in distress, more or less.”
She keeps four husbands, several lovers, a dress suit, and a chain of improving schools and is, moreover, the Prime Ministrix designate.”
From whom were descended the modern Englishmen, and their cognates in Canada, Australia, U.S.A. — those mild-mannered Anglo-Saxon creatures whom Edith Cresson (the former prime ministrix of France) once characterized as “a bunch of homosexuals.” / (She was trying to explain to English journalists why French women were refusing to imitate the scorched-earth feminism from across the Channel. When her remark caused a stir in the British press, however, she took most of it back: “I wasn't saying that all Anglo-Saxon men are homosexuals. Perhaps it’s no more than 25 per cent. But you know what I mean.”)”
Madame Cynthia L. H. X. MacLeod III, obe, omg / Vice Chair and Prime Ministrix, AnachroCon”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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