English

Noun

senatress ‎(plural senatresses)

1. A female senator.
   • 1731, Gurdon, Thornhagh, The History of the High Court of Parliament, page 200:

     Heliogabalus introduced his Mother into the Senate, and she took her Place there by the Seats of the Consuls, and was present at passing a Decree of the Senate. This Emperor made the first Senatress; he created a little Senate of Women, which met on Collis Quirinalis under the Direction of Semiamira, and the Laws they made concerning the Ladies, ....

   • 1905, Crawford, Francis Marion, Ave Roma Immortalis: Studies from the Chronicles of Rome, Library of Alexandria, page 260:

     The researches of the learned Coppi make it almost certain that the Colonna descend from Theodora, the Senatress of Roma, who flourished in the year 914; ....

   • 1932 October 29, Hokinson, Helen E., “(cartoon)”, in The New Yorker, page 18:

     "And I take pleasure in presenting to you a lady you all know, State Senator Rumbley—or is it Senatress?"

   • 1972, Hamilton, Donald, The Intriguers (A Matt Helm novel), Fawcett Publications, ISBN 0-449-13757-0, page 49:

     "If I said the lady was an elected representative of the US people, with strange political notions and strong presidential ambitions, would that help?" I whistled softly. "You mean the senatress, herself?"

   • 2008, Manning, T., Larvatus Prodeo, The Interview, Xlibris, ISBN 978-1-4257-6922-2, page 183:

     This scandal resulted in the intervention by a US congresswoman and future US senatress (as she preferred to be called) and vice president of the United States of America ....

Hypernyms

• senator