Meanings
nounneatresse (plural neatresses)
plural neatresses
- nonce wordobsoleteA woman who takes care of cattle.
The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.
1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 86
Origin
From neat (“cattle collectively”) + -resse.
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