regulatress

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noun

A female regulator.

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Meanings

nounregulatress (plural regulatresses)

plural regulatresses

  1. rareA female regulator.

    […] that it was unanimously resolved by the aforesaid village sages and venerable female regulatresses, whose wisdom was truly inscrutable […]

    1825 February 18, “Moral Tales”, in The New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette, volume 3, number 30

Origin

From regulator + -ess.

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APA

regulatress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regulatress

MLA

“regulatress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regulatress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regulatress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regulatress.

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