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n. A woman doorkeeper or porter, especially in a convent.

n. a female porter (person in control of the entrance to a building)

n. A female porter.

n. See porteress.

"The portress was a heavy sleeper, and I knew where her keys hung, on a nail just within the door of her cell."

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