abbess

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈæb.ɪs/|/ˈæb.ɛs/    美 /ˈæb.ɪs/|/ˈæb.ɛs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — The abbess was always after the nuns to keep the convent immaculately clean.
  2. A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients. British,archaic,slang
    — Why laſt night, as Colonel Kill'em, Sir William Weezy, Lord Frederick Foretop, and I were careleſsly ſliding the Ranelagh round, picking our teeth, after a damn'd muzzy dinner at Boodle's, who ſhould trip by but an abbeſs, well known about town, with a ſmart little nun in her ſuite.

词形变化

abbesses plural abbatess alternative,obsolete abbotess alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

相关词
abbey abbot

词源

From Middle English abbesse, from Old French abeesse (French abbesse), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, feminine of Latin abbas, abbatis (“abbot”).
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