portress
/pawr-tris, pohr-/US // ˈpɔr trɪs, ˈpoʊr- //UK // (ˈpɔːtrɪs) //
港务局,女仆,港务局局长,女主人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a woman who has charge of a door or gate; a female doorkeeper.
Examples
From the portress Cibot to the Marquise d'Espard, not one of his women has an evil thought that he does not fathom.
The way thither was down a well; and she was led by the portress, an old woman, into the royal palace.
They entered, and the portress hastily shut behind them the wicket, and made fast the massive fastenings by which it was secured.
I have already mentioned the animosity that was entertained against me by the infernal portress of this solitary mansion.
Well, then I have got to stay—I am only going to have a word with the Portress.
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