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constabless|ˈkʌnstəblɪs|
[a. OF. conestablesse, f. conestable: see -ess.]
A female constable; the wife of a constable; also a foreign title.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 441 Dame Hermegyld, the constables of the place. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. civ. (1869) 113, I am ladi and condyeresse, cheuentayn, and constablesse, of alle stoures in cheuachyes ther as baners ben displayed. 1679Apol. Maria Manchini title-p., Madam Maria Manchini, Constabless of Colonna. 1832Soc. Life Eng. & France 232 Mary Mancini, the Constabless Colonna, the admired of Louis the Fourteenth. |