porteress

porteress (plural porteresses)

1. Alternative form of portress.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 205:

     The door opened; a bright gleam of sunshine shot into the room, but darkened instantly as the porteress admitted the visitor.

• “porteress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• reposters