directress

English

directress (plural directresses)

A female director.
Synonym: directrix
- 1791, Homer, W[illiam] Cowper, transl., “[The Odyssey.] Book I.”, in The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 9, lines 172 and 174–177:
  And now a maiden […] ſupplied them, next, / With a reſplendent table, which the chaſte / Directreſs of the ſtores furniſh'd with bread / And dainties, remnants of the laſt regale.

female director

Asturian: direutora (ast) f
Catalan: directora (ca) f
Dutch: regisseuse (nl) f, directrice (nl) f
Finnish: johtajatar (fi)
Galician: directora f
German: Direktorin (de) f, Leiterin (de) f, Regisseurin (de) f, Vorsteherin (de) f
Irish: banstiúrthóir m
Italian: direttrice (it) f
Polish: reżyserka (pl) f
Romanian: directoare (ro) f
Spanish: directora (es) f

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