guardianess
(ˈgɑːdɪənɪs)
[f. guardian + -ess.]
A female guardian or tutor.
| 1614 Beaum. & Fl. Wit at Sev. Weap. i. i, I've yet a neece to wed, over whose steps I have plac'st a trusty watchful Gardinesse. 1622 Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 201 Gardianesses in Chivalry. a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxi. 262 The Goddess of Wisdom, Tutress, and Guardianess of such as are..studious. 1751 Eliza Heywood Betsy Thoughtless I. 33 Have you been so closely watched by your guardian and guardianesses here? 1754 Richardson Grandison (1810) VI. liii. 359 She is my guardianess, may I say? Is there such a word? 1891 Miss C. Mitford in J. M.'s Lett. & Rem. 23 She had been selected by the Lord Chancellor as guardianess to one of his wealthy female wards. |