presidentess

noun

pres·​i·​dent·​ess

ˈprez(ə)dəntə̇s

plural -es

dated

1

: a female president : a woman that presides

… they formed a tea society, with the parson's wife for presidentess, and her oldest daughter for secretary.

—James Fenimore Cooper, Homeward Bound, 1849

2

: the wife of a president

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