cateressn.
/ˈkeɪtərᵻs/, /keɪtəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈkeɪdərəs/ A female caterer; a woman who caters for others.
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the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier > female
cateress1637
quartermistress1799
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food > female
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sutleress1747
provisioneress1885
1637 J. Milton Comus 26 She good cateresse Means her provision only to the good.
1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 52 As if whole Nature were your Cateress.
a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey (ed. 2, 1802) II. 115 Food of all kinds..The cat'ress of the royal house supplied.
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. 104 This dame, the cateress, hired me to carry a load.
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