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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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 Onions, Mrs. Oliver
When the head jailer came back, he had a wardress in tow.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
This from the wardress, who sped up the work in the sewing room.
From Jailed for Freedom by Stevens, Doris
I can't think of words unpleasant enough to describe the odiousness of that particular wardress into whose charge we were given.
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver
The younger wardress had slipped round behind the others.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
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