"guardess" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From guard + -ess.",
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      "form": "guardesses",
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          "ref": "1864, Sir Richard Francis Burton, A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, volume 1, page 254:",
          "text": "The gala-dress of the guardesses was decent, and not uncomely. A narrow fillet of blue or white cotton bound the hair, and the bosom was concealed by a sleeveless waistcoat of various colours[…]",
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          "text": "One day Trojan was sitting on the sofa when Leigh came into the room dressed as Else Kochs, a German concentration camp guardess […]",
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        "A female guard."
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        "(dated or rare) A female guard."
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  "word": "guardess"
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