"portress" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: portresses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English porteresse; equivalent to porter + -ess. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|porteresse}} Middle English porteresse, {{affix|en|porter|-ess}} porter + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} portress (plural portresses)
  1. a female porter (person in control of the entrance to a building) Categories (topical): Female, Occupations, People Synonyms: porteress Translations (a female porter): portière [feminine] (French), bandoirseoir [masculine] (Irish), porteira [feminine] (Portuguese), portăreasă [feminine] (Romanian)

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