wardinn.
Obsolete. rare.
A landlady, hostess.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > innkeeping > innkeeper or hotelier
wifeOE
hostc1290
hostessc1290
hosteler1350
innkeeperc1449
innholder1463
wardin1493
hosterc1503
hostler?a1505
landlady1654
landlord1724
hoteliera1738
aubergiste1766
roadsider1826
khanji1839
motelier1959
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [noun] > specific female
hostessc1290
wardin1493
landlady1654
patronne1898
1493 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 5 Paid to our vardin of Bery 4s. that scho lent hym.
1493 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 5 Paid for a gon [= gown] that I causit our wardin frist hym.
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