regulatress

English

Etymology

From regulator +‎ -ess.

Noun

regulatress (plural regulatresses)

  1. (rare) A female regulator.
    • 1825 February 18, “Moral Tales”, in The New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette, volume 3, number 30:
      […] that it was unanimously resolved by the aforesaid village sages and venerable female regulatresses, whose wisdom was truly inscrutable […]
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