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English
Etymology
From frater + -ess.
Noun
fratress (plural fratresses)
- A woman in charge of the furniture in a convent.
2010, Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries: C.1275 to 1535, page 567:On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles.
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