manageress

8.9

A woman who runs a business, team, or organization

noun
/ˈmænɪdʒərɛs/

Archaic

: gerente

Catering manageress.

Examples

This manageress in the shop where I worked, she said she was sorry to hear about my mother.

Under the Skin (1997)
- This manageress, she didn't like me.

Under the Skin (1997)
On Thursdays when the manageress was out, she let me into the back room with the sink and the rickety chair after school.

Fiction book (1992)
The manageress of the hotel organized the staff training session to improve customer service.
As the new manageress of the team, she was eager to implement her ideas for better collaboration.
Everyone appreciated how the manageress of the restaurant handled the busy dinner rush with ease.

Synonyms

manager

vsmanageress

∞ 1.6

A person who controls money and work in a company

refers specifically to a woman who manages, stressing gender in some contexts

Surface Forms

manageress singular

manageresses plural

Morphology

manageress = manager (transparent) = manage + er + ess

The form is a straightforward feminine derivation: 'manager' + the feminine suffix '-ess' denotes a female manager.

Etymology

Manageress is manager plus the ending -ess, which means 'female'. The word manager comes from an old idea of the 'hand' and of 'handling' things, like in manual, so a manageress is a woman who 'handles' or looks after a business, team, or organization.