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treasuress|ˈtrɛʒərɪs|
[In 15th c. tresoresse for tresoreresse, f. tresorer, treasurer: see -ess. Cf. OF. fem. tresorière.]
A female treasurer.
c1450in Aungier Syon (1840) 287 The priores..schal depute a..suster experte in temporal rewle and gouernaunce for to assiste the tresouresses. Ibid. 292 The treseres and undertreseres. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. cxxxviii. 151 The Tresoresse & moder of Orphanes. 1598Yong Diana ii. 57 One of my approoued friends, and treasouresse of my secrets. a1688Dk. Buckhm. Instalm. Wks. 1705 II. 84 A throng of Ladies, that did press To pay their Duty to the Treasuress. 1863Faber De Montfort's True Devotion Virg. 12 He has made her the treasuress of all that His Father has given Him. |