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wardress
[ wawr-dris ]
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Gender Note
See -ess.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wardress1
First recorded in 1815–25; ward(e)r 1 + -ess
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Example Sentences
While she was in prison Winnie became friendly with two teenaged Afrikaner wardresses.
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Greta spoke like the wardresses, in a tone out of which all modulation had gone.
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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....
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The wardresses took that opportunity to search our pockets as soon as we were in the water.
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She frankly behaved as a wardress in a prison, and Winifred as frankly accepted the rôle of prisoner.
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