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单词 preserveress
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preserveressn.

Brit. /prᵻˌzəːvəˈrɛs/, /prᵻˈzəːvərᵻs/, U.S. /prəˈzərvərəs/, /priˈzərvərəs/
Forms: see preserver n. and -ess suffix1; also 1500s preseruresse, 1600s preserv’resse.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preserver n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < preserver n. + -ess suffix1. Compare slightly earlier preservatrice n. and later preservatrix n.
Chiefly figurative and poetic.
A female preserver; a protectress.rare after 17th cent.
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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
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xci. 161 If it be the preserueresse of good menne, and the reuengeresse of wicked men, it is a good discipline.
1576 J. Sanford in tr. Mirrour of Madnes Ep. Ded. sig. A2 From whence [sc. nature] all honest actions are deriued as from there foundresse, and by whom all thinges are mayntayned, as by their Preseruresse.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. vi. sig. B2 And memorie, preseruresse [1609 preserv'resse] of thinges done, Come thou, vnfold the wounds, the wracke, the wast.
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 228 The true preserueresse of pure truths.
a1680 N. Wanley Hist. Man (1704) lxxxiv. 364 They run out of the Town to meet her with loud Acclamations..all returning her Thanks as their Sovereign Preserveress.
1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland iii. 62 The ancient Finns made..Antermen, ‘the steam of the bath’, the preserveress of vigour.
1910 ‘O. Henry’ Strictly Business xviii. 236 Mr. McRamsey sighed, lost a vest button, gazed with deep gratitude upon his fair preserveress, and then recovered consciousness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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