abbess

About 0.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   The abbess was always after the nuns to keep the convent immaculately clean.

2. noun A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.

Similar words

prioress mother superior mother domina vicaress deaconess fratress coadjutrix nunnery superioress

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Word family

abbesses