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Webster 1913 Edition


Ministress

Min′is-tress

,
Noun.
[Cf. L.
ministrix
.]
A woman who ministers.
Akenside.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ministress

MIN'ISTRESS

,
Noun.
A female that ministers.

Definition 2024


ministress

ministress

English

Noun

ministress (plural ministresses)

  1. (archaic) A woman who ministers.
    • Mark Akenside
      Thus then at first was beauty sent from heaven,
      The lovely ministress of truth and good
      In this dark world.