gamestress

English

Etymology

gamester +‎ -ess

Noun

gamestress (plural gamestresses)

  1. (archaic) A female gamester.
    • 1896, Horace Williams Fuller, Thomas Tileston Baldwin, Sydney Russell Wrightington, The Green Bag, volume 8:
      Lady Buckinghamshire, it may be remarked, was, perhaps, the most notorious gamestress of her day. She actually slept with a pair of pistols and a blunderbuss by her side for the protection of her cherished bank.
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