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gamestress ? Obs.|ˈgeɪmstrɪs| [f. prec. + -ess.] A female gamester.
1651Howell Venice 4 She hath allwayes bin..chosen rather to be a Spectatrix or Umpresse, than a Gamestresse. 1665R. Flecknoe Enigm. Char. (ed. 2) 10 Of a Gamestress. 1796F. Burney Camilla V. x. v. 351 To two characters..she unites yet a third..that of a gamestress. |