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单词 guardianess
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guardianessn.

Brit. /ɡɑːdɪəˈnɛs/, /ˈɡɑːdɪənᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrdiənəs/
Etymology: < guardian n. + -ess suffix1.
A female guardian or tutor.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian of minor or incapable person > female
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a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iiiiii3v/1 I've yet a Neece to wed, over whose steps I have plac'st a trusty watchfull Gardinesse.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iv. 201 Gardianesses in Chivalry.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 262 The Goddess of Wisdom, Tutress, and Guardianess of such as are..studious.
1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless I. iii. 33 Have you been so closely watched by your guardian and guardianesses here?
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. liii. 342 She is my Guardianess, may I say? Is there such a word?
1891 C. Mitford in J. M.'s Lett. & Rem. 23 She had been selected by the Lord Chancellor as guardianess to one of his wealthy female wards.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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