ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Guardess

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Guardess is a noun meaning (dated or rare) A female guard.

Meaning

(dated or rare) A female guard.

Example Sentences

One day Trojan was sitting on the sofa when Leigh came into the room dressed as Else Kochs, a German concentration camp guardess […]
The gala-dress of the guardesses was decent, and not uncomely. A narrow fillet of blue or white cotton bound the hair, and the bosom was concealed by a sleeveless waistcoat of various colours[…]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include guardienne, guidress, governess, gubernatrix, gunneress, gladiatrix.

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