porteress

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A form of portress — A female porter (person in control of the entrance to a building)

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Meanings

nounporteress (plural porteresses)

plural porteresses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of portress.

    The door opened; a bright gleam of sunshine shot into the room, but darkened instantly as the porteress admitted the visitor.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 205
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APA

porteress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porteress

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“porteress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porteress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porteress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porteress.

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