electress
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪs/
Etymology
From elector + -ess.
electress means A woman who can vote in an election. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
noun
- A woman who can vote in an election.“I often wish I were, not a butterfly nor a bird—nothing so ridiculous—but an Electress!”
- The wife of a German elector, often used as a title.“Nothing could equal the astonishment of both, on hearing the door open without their command, and seeing the electress enter, who was the person in the world they least expected, and to the duchess, perhaps, the least welcome.”