New Zealandress

noun

A female New Zealander.

Meanings

nounNew Zealandress (plural New Zealandresses)

plural New Zealandresses

  1. obsoleterareA female New Zealander.

    The New Zealandress is as sports-minded as her brother…

    1977, Nina and Jim Munro, A Taste of New Zealand in Food and Pictures, →ISBN, page 92
    3 more examples

    …her last despairing, supplicating look, as she was taken a few yards off, and killed, by that virago, Mrs. Haupapa—the fiendish New Zealandress.

    1866, John Alexander Wilson, The Story of Te Waharoa … A Chapter in Early New Zealand History, →ISBN, page 54

    Being an easily enfranchised New Zealandress, I found myself lodged midway between the two camps…

    1912 December 14, Mrs. Leopold Myers, “Pankhurst and Party.”, in New Zealand Herald, page 1

    Neptunes in hempen wigs waltzed with the lean New Zealandress, who had stuck flowers from a hat into her fair hair, to impersonate Oceania.

    1928, Marc Chadourne, Vasco, →ISBN, page 87

Origin

Translations

Dutch Nieuw-Zeelandse
  • Nieuw-Zeelandsefemale New Zealander
French Néo-Zélandaise
  • Néo-Zélandaisefemale New Zealander
German Neuseeländerin
  • Neuseeländerinfemale New Zealander
Polish Nowozelandka
  • Nowozelandkafemale New Zealander
Romanian neozeelandeză
  • neozeelandezăfemale New Zealander
Russian новозела́ндка
  • новозела́ндка (novozelándka)female New Zealander
Spanish neozelandesa
  • neozelandesafemale New Zealander

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

New Zealandress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealandress

MLA

“New Zealandress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealandress. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Zealandress,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealandress.

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