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Word: abbess (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • 1811 A bawd, the mistress of a brothel (1811 ''Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue'').
  • A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.

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