astronomeress

Etymology

From astronomer + -ess.

astronomeress means A female astronomer. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.

noun

A female astronomer.“Positively, these Frenchwomen are wonderful creatures!—There are plenty of clever Englishwomen,—but they are to the manner born. The discreet damsels who write about Political Economy have been swaddled in foolscap and dieted from their youth upwards on printer’s ink; while the astronomeress of forty was made to play with baby-house orreries at four years old.”