rectress

English

Etymology

From rector +‎ -ess.

Noun

rectress (plural rectresses)

1. Alternative form of rectoress.
   • 1603 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Seianus His Fall, London: […] G[eorge] Elld, for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     Rectress of action, arbitress of fate

References

• “rectress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.