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English
Etymology
From rector + -ess.
Noun
rectoress (plural rectoresses)
- A governess; a rectrix.
1605, Michaell Draiton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “The First Booke of the Barrons Warres”, in Poems: , London: [Valentine Simmes] for N Ling, →OCLC, stanza 35, page 13:Diſſembling griefe, as one that knevv not ill, / So can ſhe rule the greatneſſe of her mind, / As a moſt perfect Rectoreſſe of her vvill, / Aboue the vſuall vveakneſſe of her kind; […]
- The wife of a rector.
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