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Wardress

noun
1.
A woman warder.






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"Wardress" Quotes from Famous Books



... the capital to arm en masse; not a few had resigned themselves to despair and given up all as lost. It is true that the worst despondency had somewhat abated after the victories achieved by Caesar at Acerrae and by Strabo in Picenum: on the news of the former the wardress in the capital had been once more exchanged for the dress of the citizen, on the news of the second the signs of public mourning had been laid aside; but it was not doubtful that on the whole the Romans had been worsted in this ...
— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen



Words linked to "Wardress" :   warder, matron



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