anchoress (A woman who is an anchorite)

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• anchoress — /ang keuhr is/, n. a woman who is an anchorite. [1350 1400; late ME anchoryse, ME ankres, equiv. to ancre ANCHORITE + es ESS] Usage. See ess. * * * …   Universalium

• anchoress — an•cho•ress [[t]ˈæŋ kər ɪs[/t]] n. use a woman who is an anchorite • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME ankres=ancre anchorite+ es ess usage: See ess …   From formal English to slang

• anchoress — or ancress noun Etymology: Middle English ankeresse, from anker hermit, from Old English ancor, from Old Irish anchara, from Late Latin anachoreta Date: 14th century a woman who is an anchorite …   New Collegiate Dictionary