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correctress|kəˈrɛktrɪs|
Also 7 -eresse.
[f. corrector + -ess.]
A female corrector.
1611Cotgr., Emendatrice, she that correcteth, a correcteresse. 1763Miss Carter in Lett. w. Miss Talbot, etc. (1809) III. 81, I wish Dr. Young had been the translator, and I the correctress. 1765Ann. Reg. 225/1 That powerful correctress Nature gave a temporary union to all parties. |