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rectoress

noun

Etymology

From rector + -ess.

  1. derived from rēctor
  2. derived from rector
  3. inherited from rectour
  4. suffixed as rectoress — “rector + ess”

Definitions

  1. A governess

    A governess; a rectrix.

    • Diſſembling griefe, as one that knevv not ill, / So can ſhe rule the greatneſſe of her mind, / As a moſt perfect Rectoreſſe of her vvill, / Aboue the vſuall vveakneſſe of her kind; […]

  2. The wife of a rector.

    • In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself : and her daughters sighed, and sate over the Peerage all night

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA