Cellaress

/ˈsɛlərɛs/ noun

A female cellarer; a woman in charge of a cellar or storeroom in a monastery, college, or institution.

From cellarer plus the feminine suffix -ess (from Old English and Old French). The term emerged as convents and female religious communities needed titled positions for women managing resources.

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