Hist. [f. prec.: see -ESS.] A woman (e.g., nun) who had charge of the cellar.
1802. Fosbroke, Brit. Monachism, x. (1843), 118/2. The Cellaress of the Gilbertine Nuns.
1825. Scott, Betrothed, xvii. The Venerable Mother might be seen … now giving orders to her gardener, now to her cellaress.
