majoress

noun2

1. •
   (old-fashioned) A female major.

   • Suppose a Coloneless, or a Majoress, or a Captainess received orders to lead her men up to a dangerous post, under a heavy fire, how would she do it? — 1852
2. •
   (old-fashioned) The wife of a major.

   • God be praised! my worthy lady majoress! my dear, fortune major! — 1799