вестовщица

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Noun

вестовщи́ца (vestovščícaf anim (genitive вестовщи́цы, nominative plural вестовщи́цы, genitive plural вестовщи́ц, masculine вестовщи́к)

  1. (archaic) female equivalent of вестовщи́к (vestovščík): female newsmonger
    • 1836, Александр Пушкин , “Глава IV. Поединок”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
      Обе́дал почти́ всегда́ у коменда́нта, где обыкнове́нно проводи́л оста́ток дня и куда́ вечерко́м иногда́ явля́лся оте́ц Гера́сим с жено́ю Акули́ной Памфи́ловной, пе́рвою вестовщи́цею во всём около́тке.
      Obédal počtí vsegdá u komendánta, gde obyknovénno provodíl ostátok dnja i kudá večerkóm inogdá javljálsja otéc Gerásim s ženóju Akulínoj Pamfílovnoj, pérvoju vestovščíceju vo vsjom okolótke.
      I invariably dined at the commandant's, where I usually passed the rest of the day, and occasionally Father Gherassim, with his wife Akoulina Pamphylovna, the great tale-bearer in the neighbourhood, used to spend the evening with us.

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