wardress
- noun
- /ˈwɔrdres/
- Archaic
:
celadora
- The wardress monitored the inmates closely to maintain order in the facility.
Examples
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Before her marriage, our stepmother was a wardress in a prison.
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I met the wardress this morning.
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And she's still a wardress to us.
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Although I did almost shiv the muff of a horny wardress from midnight to dawn, no.
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Consider she was a wardress in a prison and your adjutant, Colonel, has confirmed my suspicion in a telephone call to the American police that Lady Westholme, prior to her marriage, was a criminal, who served a prison sentence in that very same prison.
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As a former wardress, she understood the challenges of managing a women's prison.
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The wardress conducted daily inspections to ensure that all rules were being followed.
Synonyms
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2.5
A person who watches prisoners in a jail or prison
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3.0
A person who guards prisoners in a jail or prison
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6.3
A woman in charge of staff and discipline in a hospital or prison
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7.4
A person who guards prisoners in a prison
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4.4
A person who guards and manages people in a jail or prison
A female police officer who looks after women or children in custody
How Senior
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Morphology
Etymology
The word wardress comes from warden meaning 'guard' plus the feminine ending -ess, like in actress. So a wardress is simply a woman who guards or is in charge of women in a prison.