wardress

wardress

English

Etymology

From warder +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wardress (plural wardresses)

1. 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