citizeness
1
9.9
An old word for a woman who is a citizen
- noun
- Archaic
:
ciudadana
- "You will call me Citizeness Clare."
- Citizeness Clare
Examples
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Today, citizeness, your years of waiting end when Master Evrémonde spits in the sack, eh?
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Hmm, you shouldn't have such friends, citizeness.
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Citizeness, you're out of order.
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No, citizeness, none.
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"Citizeness Clare will assist you; she knows more of Farrant's work than any other."
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"Citizeness, I need to stoke the furnace," I called.
Synonyms
citizen
vscitizeness
∞
1.4
A person who belongs to a country and has rights and duties there
is an archaic female form rather than the modern neutral legal term
countrywoman
vscitizeness
1
2.3
A woman from the same country as you
focuses on legal membership and is an archaic female label
Antonyms
Surface Forms
citizeness singular
citizenesses plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word citizeness comes from citizen, which itself comes from city meaning 'town', and the ending -ess means 'female'. So citizeness is simply an old word for a woman who is a 'citizen'.