portress

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portress

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From Middle English porteresse; equivalent to porter + -ess.

noun portresses · porteress

dated, rare A female porter (person in control of the entrance to a building)

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noun a female porter

Português	porteira
Français	portière
Română	portăreasă

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@misc{portress_2026,
  title = {portress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/portress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}