noun
Meaning 1
A female dictator; a dictatorial state personified as female.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1821, John Quincy Adams, address delivered on 4 July, 1821, cited in Antony Jay (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 4, America [...] well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own [...] she would involve herself beyond the power of extraction, in all the wars of interest and intrigue [...] which assume the colours and usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force [...] She might become dictatress of the world.
- 1980, William L. Andrews, The Literary Career of Charles W. Chesnutt, cited in Thomas Votteler (ed.), Short Story Criticism, Farmington Hills, MI: Cengage Gale, Volume 7, 1991, p. 29, Wellington’s first wife does not belong among the overstuffed dictatresses of the white folks’ kitchen.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dictatrix
Antonyms: none provided