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- noun archaic A
female friend .
Etymologies
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From Middle English frendesse, equivalent to friend + -ess.
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Examples
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‘techeress’ as the female teacher (2 Chron.xxxv. 25); ‘friendess’
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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