Also 7 -eresse. [f. CORRECTOR + -ESS.] A female corrector.
1611. Cotgr., Emendatrice, she that correcteth, a correcteresse.
1763. Miss Carter, in Lett. w. Miss Talbot, etc. (1809), III. 81. I wish Dr. Young had been the translator, and I the correctress.
1765. Ann. Reg., 225/1. That powerful correctress Nature gave a temporary union to all parties.
