neatresse

English

Etymology

From neat +‎ -ress.

Noun

neatresse (plural neatresses)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word) A woman who takes care of cattle.
    • 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], published 1602, →OCLC, page 96:
      The Neatreſſe, longing for the reſt, / Did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.

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