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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When the head jailer came back, he had a wardress in tow.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
The younger wardress had slipped round behind the others.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
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 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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 Wedekind, Frank
I heard the ex-maid-servant's clearest kitchen accent announcing exactly what she thought of "that" wardress and "that" detective, and "that there old Rattenheimer" until stone walls and heavy doors shut her from earshot....
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver
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