engineeress

English

Etymology

From engineer +‎ -ess.

Noun

engineeress (plural engineeresses)

  1. (dated, rare) A female engineer.
    • 1928, Philip Guedalla, Conquistador, American fantasia:
      But at least they learned to dance and smile and talk and choose engineeresses appropriate to their engineering futures.

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.