neatresse

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English

Etymology

From neat +‎ -ress.

Noun

neatresse (plural neatresses)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word) A woman who takes care of cattle.
    • 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: , London: George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, , →OCLC, page 86:
      The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.

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