portress
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of portress
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at porter 2, -ess
Example Sentences
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A portress stopped me by the cloakroom at the main entrance.
From Time Magazine Archive
The portress handed to them the wine, and, as the cup was circulating among them, the porter said to them, Brothers, have ye any tale or strange anecdote wherewith to amuse us?
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
She passed the portress without saying a word, and lightly ran upstairs.
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
"Yourself are with yourself the sole consortress In that unleaguerable fortress; It knows you not for portress."
From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley
The portress, who from necessity went much abroad, heard all the news, and related them to her guests.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
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