marineress

plural marineresses

1. datedA female mariner.

   But, of course, the crew of the Hot Cross Bun are nothing to the marineress whose sex has only just been discovered.

   1898 November 4, “This Busy World”, in Manchester Weekly Times, number 2152, page 5

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   About nine, however, the good woman came on deck, intending to take a look at the weather, like a skilful marineress as she was, before she turned in.

   1846, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, “Captain Spike; or, The Islets of the Gulf”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume XX, London: Richard Bentley, pages 543–544

   That bold little marineress, Mrs. Captain Maguire, who brought the ship Chieftain (of Philadelphia) into New York from Calcutta, has been presented by the underwriters on the vessel in Boston and Philadelphia with a check for $1000.

   1869 April 24, “Personal”, in Harper’s Bazaar: A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction, volume II, number 17, New York, N.Y., page 259

   Shortly they came in sight of a sailor’s house constructed of reeds and rushes and ‘uncommonly artfully covered with a huge net; inside of which house a number of mariners and marineresses were dancing their rustic (!) dances.’

   1880, Andrew Hamilton, “The Occupation of West Prussia”, in Rheinsberg: Memorials of Frederick the Great and Prince Henry of Prussia, volume II, London: John Murray, page 80

   A Marine Medley, in Reply to the recent query, “Should Women be Sailors?”[…]Air—“Ye Mariners of England.” We marineresses of England / Will gaily guard our seas; / But we shall flag, with a thousand fears, / When up there springs a breeze. / In the hornpipe (or some nice sea-waltz) / We’ll trip with festive toe; / But we’ll feel quite melted “salts” / If the stormy winds do blow!

   1891 July 8, “Ditties in Doses up to Date. (And Tips for Topical Songs.)”, in Fun, volume LIV, number 1365, London: […] (for the Proprietors) by W. Lay, page 16

   Admitting the coast to be a bit dangerous for extended tours, the bay is veritably a succession of land-locked harbors, in which the water is sufficiently smooth to make easy sailing for even the most sensitive of marineresses.

   1897 April 24, “The Swift “Augusta”: A Description of Frank J. Moffitt’s New Launch”, in The Wave, volume XVI, number 17, San Francisco, page 9