Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female rector or ruler; a governess.
  • noun A rector's wife.
  • noun Also rectrix.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A governess; a rectrix.
  • noun The wife of a rector.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A governess; a rectrix.
  • noun The wife of a rector.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

rector +‎ -ess

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