rectress

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A form of rectoress — A governess; a rectrix.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounrectress (plural rectresses)

plural rectresses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rectoress.

    Rectress of action, arbitress of fate

    1603 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Seianus His Fall, London: […] G[eorge] Elld, for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Origin

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