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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Another wardress stood by a door slightly ajar.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
"Tell ninety-six she's to come down," Nan's guide called out, but she went to meet the other wardress, and the two stood talking a moment.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
Stolidly pursuing her way, the wardress looked straight in front of her for so long, Nan thought, as she told Napier afterward, that the woman wasn't going to speak at all.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
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
A glimpse of the tall wardress shutting herself out and shutting in a squat figure clad in shapeless gray serge garments and a foolish cap.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
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