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单词 traineress
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traineressn.

Brit. /ˈtreɪnərɛs/, /ˈtreɪnərᵻs/, /ˌtreɪnəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈtreɪnərəs/
Forms: see trainer n. and -ess suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: trainer n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < trainer n. + -ess suffix1. In sense 1 after Dutch †sleyperesse (1648 in an apparently isolated attestation: see quot. 1648; < slijper person who drags something along (1610; < slijpen to drag (see slipe v.1) + -er -er suffix1) + -esse -ess suffix1).In quot. 1959 at sense 2 translating ancient Greek ἀλείπτρια, feminine form corresponding to ἀλείπτης physical trainer, anointer (see aleiptic adj.).
rare.
1. A female who pulls or drags something along. Obsolete.
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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Sleyperesse, a Traineresse, or a Draggeresse.
2. A female trainer.
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1870 Littell's Living Age 8 Jan. 107/2 We find fair damsels..disporting themselves in dozens, under the superintendence of a trainer or a traineress.
1926 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 12/6 The story concerns itself with the trials and tribulations of a country boy..who aspires to be a champion bicycle rider and his sweetheart who is his traineress.
1959 J. M. Edmonds tr. Amphis in Fragments Attic Comedy II. 315 (heading) The anointress or traineress.
1965 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 17 Apr. 22/2 (heading) Traineress has stable of 6 Horses... The first traineress—woman trainer—in the short history of Berkshire Downs will enter horses in the 24-day flat racing meet here beginning May 1.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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