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单词 proctress
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proctressn.

Brit. /prɒkˈtrɛs/, /ˈprɒktrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈprɑktrəs/
Forms: 1600s proctresse, 1900s– proctress.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: proctor n.1, -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < proctor n.1 + -ess suffix1: see -tress suffix.
rare.
A female proctor.
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1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer i. 1025 [Justice speaking to Mercy] Thou hast Proctresse bin For Ieroboam..That hand recuring which he did extend, The Messenger of God, to apprehend.
1988 E. Power tr. J. Busch in Medieval Eng. Nunneries App. iii. 683 After this the proctress of the house came to me, saying: ‘Beloved father! Sister Tecla is asking for you with tears, for she says she will never see you again.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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