Usually means: Female porter or doorkeeper.
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  1. portress: Merriam-Webster
  2. portress: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. portress: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Portress, portress: Wordnik
  5. portress: Wiktionary
  6. portress: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. portress: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Portress, portress: Dictionary.com
  9. Portress: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. portress: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Portress: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. portress: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. portress: FreeDictionary.org
  14. portress: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (portress)

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

Similar:
porteress, porter, ticket porter, ostiary, ticket-porter, hall porter, tackle-porter, passwoman, underporter, gatekeeper, more...

Adjectives:
old, little, poor, pensive, aged, good, pale, dear, infernal, worthy, faithful

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Similar:
porteress, porter, ticket porter, ostiary, ticket-porter, hall porter, tackle-porter, passwoman, underporter, gatekeeper, more...

Adjectives:
old, little, poor, pensive, aged, good, pale, dear, infernal, worthy, faithful



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