Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wife of a curate.
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Examples
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A very lowly curate I might, perhaps, essay to rule, but a curatess would be sure to get the better of me.”
Barchester Towers 2004
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A very lowly curate I might, perhaps, essay to rule, but a curatess would be sure to get the better of me. "
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848
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