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wardress
[ wawr-dris ]
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Gender Note
See -ess.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wardress1
First recorded in 1815–25; ward(e)r 1 + -ess
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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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