wardress

[ wawr-dris ]

noun

1. a woman who is a warder.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wardress¹

First recorded in 1815–25; ward(e)r ¹ + -ess

Example Sentences

He asked where were the keys, and as I said in the pocket of the wardress, who slept within, he sent me there to get them.

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Through more corridors they passed till the wardress stopped just short of an open door and rang a bell.

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In the morning he came again, and with him the Governor and the head wardress.

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At least I gathered as much from the alarmed expression of the wardress who accompanied him.

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A wardress ran up to us, saying: "I shall listen to everything you say."

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