охранительница

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Russian

Etymology

охрани́тель (oxranítelʹ) +‎ -ница (-nica)

Pronunciation

Noun

охрани́тельница (oxranítelʹnicaf anim (genitive охрани́тельницы, nominative plural охрани́тельницы, genitive plural охрани́тельниц, masculine охрани́тель)

  1. female equivalent of охрани́тель (oxranítelʹ): female protector, protectress
    • 1885, Николай Лесков , “Глава десятая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      — Ниче́м вы ему́ не обя́заны, — говори́ли нам на́ши охрани́тельницы, — а напро́тив, э́то он-то всё и наде́лал.
      — Ničém vy jemú ne objázany, — govoríli nam náši oxranítelʹnicy, — a naprótiv, éto on-to vsjo i nadélal.
      “You owe him nothing,” our protectresses said. “On the contrary, it was he who caused it all.”

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