wardress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of wardress
First recorded in 1815–25; ward(e)r 1 + -ess
Example Sentences
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She frankly behaved as a wardress in a prison, and Winifred as frankly accepted the rôle of prisoner.
From The Bartlett Mystery by Louis Tracy
All the confidence with which she'd faced the wardress last night seemed to have evaporated in those hours of wakeful tossing on that vilely uncomfortable prison bed.
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Mrs. Oliver Onions
In my cell, while the wardress was outside, we, as quick as we could, exchanged underclothes.
From Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts by Frank Wedekind
Another wardress stood by a door slightly ajar.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
At the door of the cubicle where she had been forced to submit to the indignity of being searched by a wardress, the latter was now standing, waiting with characteristic stolidity.
From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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