comˈpoundress
[f. compounder: see -ess.]
A female compounder: † a. that settles quarrels (obs.); b. that compounds mixtures.
| 1640 Howell Vocal Forrest 9 Arbitratrix and compoundress of any quarrell that may intervene. 1844 Blackw. Mag. LVI. 768 We..tasted it out of courtesy to the fair compoundress. |