keeperessn.
/kiːpəˈrɛs/, /ˈkiːpərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkipərəs/ rare.
a. A female keeper or custodian.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian or custodian > female
keeperess1863
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. 66 The keeperesses eclipsed the keepers in cruelty to the poorer patients.
b. A woman who keeps a man.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > keeping mistress or lover > woman who keeps a lover
keeperess1748
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. li. 196 Hardly ever, I dare say, was there a keeper, that did not make a keeperess; who lavish'd away on her kept-fellow, what she obtained from..him who kept her.
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