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† ˈfactoress Obs.
Also 7 fact'ress.
[f. as prec. + -ess.]
A female factor or agent.
1608–11Bp. Hall Epist. v. i. (1627) 363 Still the Deuill begins with Eue..Marcion had his factoresse at Rome. 1638Ford Fancies iii. iii, Your fact'ress hath been tamp'ring for my misery. 1668R. L'Estrange Vis. Quev. (1702) 190 These are our best Fact'resses, we have for doing Bus'nesses. 1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6094/3 Mrs. Ann Harland..Coal-Factoress. |