wardress

English

Etymology

From warder +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːdɹɪs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹdɹɪs/
Hyphenation: ward‧ress

Noun

wardress (plural wardresses)

A female warder.
- 1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 369:
  The door opened and the wardress came in.

Translations

a female warder

Irish: banbhairdéir m

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