monarchess Now rare.
(ˈmɒnəkɪs)
[f. monarch n. + -ess.]
A female monarch.
| 1595 Markham Sir R. Grinvile, To the fayrest ix, Thou..Onelie immatchlesse Monarchesse of harts. 1596 C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake (1881) 74 Death-scorning Gilbert..To Englands Monarchesse did force to yeeld The savage land. 1616 Capt. Smith Descr. New Eng. 32 For example: Rome, What made her such a Monarchesse, but onely the adventures of her youth..in dangers abroade. 1642 Brome Queens Exch. v. i, Were I sole monarchess of this Island. 1843 J. Nicholson Hist. & Tradit. T. 92 Meg Merrilies or the monarchess of tinkers and gipsies. |