† guideressn.
Obsolete.
A female who guides, a conductress; a female ruler or director; an instructress.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who guides > female
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conduiressec1430
conductricea1513
conductressc1639
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iv. pr. i. 85 Thow art gyderesse of verrey lyht.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xxii. 24 I, Grace..In erthe alowe, to be theyr guydresse That lyte the redy weyes for to lerne, In pilgrymage him selff to gouerne.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Piv Fortune hirselfe, the guidresse of all worldly chaunces.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 63 Euterpe is..said to be delighted in all sorts of pipes and wind instruments, and to be both their inventresse and guidresse.
c1650 Don Bellianis 201 The blind guidress of the round revolving wheeled chance.
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