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† ˈguideress Obs.
Also 6 guidres, 6–7 guidress(e.
[f. guider + -ess.]
A female who guides, a conductress; a female ruler or director; an instructress.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. i. 85 (Camb. MS.) Thow art gyderesse of verrey lyht. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxii. (1859) 24, I, Grace..In erthe alowe, to be theyr guydresse That lyte the redy weyes for to lerne, In pilgrymage him selff to gouerne. 1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly P iv a, Fortune hirselfe, the guidresse of all worldly chaunces. 1624Heywood Gunaik. ii. 63 Euterpe is..said to be delighted in all sorts of pipes and wind instruments, and to be both their inventresse and guidresse. c1650Don Bellianis 201 The blind guidress of the round revolving wheeled chance. |