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esquiress|ɪˈskwaɪərɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ess1.]
A female esquire.
1596Fosbroke in J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys 211 The principall mourneresse apparelled as an Esquieresse. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Praise Clean Linen Ded. Wks. ii. 164 Martha Legge, Esquiresse..Laundresse to the Right worshipfull and generous the Innes of Court. 1864R. Burton Dahome II. 79 An esquiress at arms, generally a small slave girl, carrying the musket. |