commanderess

A female commander.

Noun

  1. A female commander.
    • Her political hucksters and Power Pointers are trying to help the New York senator blur the line between “male” and “female” enough to become the first commanderess in chief. - 2007 October 21, Maureen Dowd, “Cougars,...

Origin

From commander + -ess.

Forms

commanderesses commandress