| 释义 |
guardianess|ˈgɑːdɪənɪs|
[f. guardian + -ess.]
A female guardian or tutor.
1614Beaum. & Fl. Wit at Sev. Weap. i. i, I've yet a neece to wed, over whose steps I have plac'st a trusty watchful Gardinesse. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 201 Gardianesses in Chivalry. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxi. 262 The Goddess of Wisdom, Tutress, and Guardianess of such as are..studious. 1751Eliza Heywood Betsy Thoughtless I. 33 Have you been so closely watched by your guardian and guardianesses here? 1754Richardson Grandison (1810) VI. liii. 359 She is my guardianess, may I say? Is there such a word? 1891Miss C. Mitford in J. M.'s Lett. & Rem. 23 She had been selected by the Lord Chancellor as guardianess to one of his wealthy female wards. |