Meanings
noundirectress (plural directresses)
plural directresses
- datedA female director.
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.
1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book I.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 9, lines 172 and 174–177Synonyms: directrix
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female director.
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Catalan directora
- directorafemale director
Dutch regisseuse, directrice
- regisseusefemale director
- directricefemale director
Finnish johtajatar
- johtajatarfemale director
German Direktorin, Leiterin
- Direktorinfemale director
- Leiterinfemale director
- Regisseurinfemale director
- Vorsteherinfemale director
Hindi निदेशिका
- निदेशिका (nideśikā)female director
Irish banstiúrthóir
- banstiúrthóirfemale director
Italian direttrice
- direttricefemale director
Polish reżyserka
- reżyserkafemale director
Romanian directoare
- directoarefemale director
Spanish directora
- directorafemale director
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APA
directress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/directress
MLA
“directress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/directress. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “directress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/directress.
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