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单词 gamestress
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gamestressn.

Brit. /ˈɡeɪmstrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪmstrᵻs/
Forms: 1600s gamestresse, 1600s– gamestress.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gamester n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < gamester n. + -ess suffix1: see -tress suffix.
A female gamester; a woman skilled in games or sports.
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gamester1562
gamestress1651
game-player1660
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playera1387
gamera1450
adventurer1474
gamester1549
come you seven1605
tableman1608
knight of the elbow1705
sitter1748
gambler1784
gamestress1828
playman1844
sport1856
spieler1859
punter1860
tiger-hunter1896
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 4 She hath allwayes bin..chosen rather to be a Spectatrix or Umpresse, than a Gamestresse.
1665 R. Flecknoe Ænigmatical Characters (new ed.) 10 Of a Gamestress.
1750 Fables & Tales for Ladies 100 (heading) The gamestress.
1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. v. 351 To two characters..she unites yet a third..that of a gamestress.
1828 B. Hofland Sisters (new ed.) viii. 103 This extravagant gamestress..had many a time betted as much money on the turn of a card, or the throw of a die, as would have found Olivia in charity-money for a twelvemonth.
1870 Harper's Mag. June 132/2 In France, women who wished to gamble were, at first, obliged to keep the thing secret... A gamestress was always denounced with horror.
1905 W. S. Sichel Emma Lady Hamilton v. 101 The Duke of Cumberland had also been there with Lord Ferrers and the ill-starred gamestress, Lady Elizabeth Luttrell.
2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 May 28/1 Tina Wesson—no-nonsense athlete, master gamestress of the Australian Outback and sudden millionaire—lays out her main dietary restriction: no vegetables.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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