vergeress
English
Etymology
From verger + -ess.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvəːdʒəɹɪs/
Noun
vergeress (plural vergeresses)
- A female verger.
- 1910, ‘Saki’, "The Saint and the Goblin", Reginald in Russia:
- ‘I will appear in a vision to the vergeress who sweeps the floors.’
- 1910, ‘Saki’, "The Saint and the Goblin", Reginald in Russia: