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WARDRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wardress mean?
• WARDRESS (noun)
The noun WARDRESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman warder
Familiarity information: WARDRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman warder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("wardress" is a kind of...):
warder (a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wardress"):
matron (a wardress in a prison)
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