Butt-woman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbʌtwʊmən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Butt-woman is a noun meaning (obsolete, chiefly British) A female lay church worker who tends the pews in a church; a sextoness.
Meaning
(obsolete, chiefly British) A female lay church worker who tends the pews in a church; a sextoness.
Example Sentences
My thoughts always revert to the angry butt-woman when the second chapter of St. James' Epistle is read in its ordinary course.
The butt-woman was just setting forth the need of money for church repairs but she interrupted herself when she found me studying monuments.
"It was more like a funeral than a wedding," said the butt-woman, who was the sole spectator of the ceremony, with the exception of the bride's uncle and aunt, told her friends afterwards.
Word Forms
- butt-women
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include butter-woman, wench, article, blowsabella, bedwench, bedeswoman.
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