ANCHORESS


Meaning of ANCHORESS in English

/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 .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .