单词 | conservatress |
释义 | conservatressn. rare. A female conservator. Cf. conservatrix n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > one who preserves from injury or destruction > female conservatrixc1450 preservatrice1559 preserveress1569 preservatrix1650 conservatress1841 1841 H. S. Foote Texas & Texans I. 17 That high moral grandeur..appertained to Rome as the genial mother and bounteous conservatress of Science and the Arts. 1856 J. Horsford Voice from W. Indies vi. 171 That revered parent and conservatress of real Protestantism in the British dominions,—the Established Church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841 |
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