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protectress

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Pro`tect´ress
n.1.A woman who protects.
Translations
protectress [prəˈtektrɪs] N → protectora f
protectress
n → Beschützerin f
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She attempted to relate what she had heard to her good friend and protectress.
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The first lines she read informed her that she had found the Colonel's letter of introduction, presenting his daughter to her protectress on her arrival in England
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This benefit was fully repaid; Justine was the most grateful little creature in the world: I do not mean that she made any professions I never heard one pass her lips, but you could see by her eyes that she almost adored her protectress.
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