wardress
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːdɹɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹdɹɪs/
- Hyphenation: ward‧ress
Noun edit
wardress (plural wardresses)
- A female warder.
- 1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 369:
- The door opened and the wardress came in.
Translations edit
a female warder
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