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portress

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por·tress  (pôrtrs, pr-) also por·ter·ess (-tr-s)
n.
A woman doorkeeper or porter, especially in a convent.
portress [ˈpɔːtrɪs]
n
a female porter, esp a doorkeeper
Translations
portress [ˈpɔːtrɪs] N → portera f
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This, then, was my first glimpse of the garden; but I had not time to look long, the portress, after having answered in the affirmative my question as to whether her mistress was at home, opened the folding-doors of a room to the left, and having ushered me in, closed them behind me.
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Miss Minnie is not down yet, gentlemen,' said the blushing portress, as they all came together in the garden.
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The first thing she said to me, 'I wouldn't have recognized you, Rita,' and I said, 'What a funny dress you have, Therese, more fit for the portress of a convent than for this house.
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