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cateress|ˈkeɪtərɪs|
[f. cater n.1 + -ess.]
A female caterer; a woman who caters for others.
1634Milton Comus 764 She, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good. a1683Oldham Wks. & Rem. (1686) 52 As if whole Nature were your Cateress. a1800Cowper Odyss. (ed. 2, 1802) II. 115 Food of all kinds..The cat'ress of the royal house supplied. 1885R. Burton 1001 Nts. I. 104 This dame, the cateress, hired me to carry a load. |