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reˈgratress Obs. exc. Hist.
Also 7 regrateress.
[f. regrater + -ess: cf. AF. regrateresse (13–14th c.).]
A female regrater.
1611Cotgr., Regratiere, an Hucksteresse; also, a Regrateresse. 1859Riley Liber Albus Pref. (Rolls) I. p. lxii, No brewer or breweress, or regrator or regratress of ale [etc.]. 1877Skeat Notes to Langland's P. Pl. C. iv. 82 The baker did not sell the bread to the public, but to the regratresses. |