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Definition of Electress
1. n. The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.
Definition of Electress
1. Noun. The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Electress
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Medical Definition of Electress
1. The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire. Origin: Cf. F. Electrice. Cf. Electoress. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electress
Literary usage of Electress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"the (now Dowager) electress Sophia and her clever sister-in-law at Celle beyond
a doubt revived his interest in the Hanoverian Succession. ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover by Doran (John) (1875)
"CHAPTER X. THE SUCCESSION DEATH OP THE electress. Marriage of Prince George to
Princess Caroline of Anspach, and of his sister to the Crown Prince of ..."
3. Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough with His Original Correspondence by William Coxe, John Wade (1905)
"His attention was directed to the forlorn situation of the electress of Bavaria.
He was too susceptible of domestic affections not to sympathise in the ..."
4. Florentine History: From the Earliest Authentic Records to the Accession of by Henry Edward Napier (1847)
"Hi» policy—Austria conciliates Italy—Cosimo negotiates cautiously with the
Emperor—electress Palatine at Florence—Violante governess of Siena—Cosimo ..."
5. Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; with His Original Correspondence: With by William Coxe (1820)
"Conclusion of the treaty with the electress of Bavaria.—Attempts to mediate an
accommodation between the court of Vienna and the insurgents in Hungary. ..."
6. State Papers and Correspondence: Illustrative of the Social and Political by John Mitchell Kemble (1857)
"Madame, Although I imagine that Madame the electress will give your Electoral
Highness a description of the Comic Masquerade or Village-Fair which was ..."
7. The Age of Anne by Edward Ellis Morris (1886)
"W110 was the him, would have very much preferred such electress anone. But besides
the family of James II., ..."
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