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Meaning of butt-woman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbʌtwʊmən

Definitions

A female lay church worker who tends the pews in a church; a sextoness.

British, obsolete

Examples

“My thoughts always revert to the angry butt-woman when the second chapter of St. James' Epistle is read in its ordinary course.”
“"It was more like a funeral than a wedding," said the butt-woman, who was the sole spectator of the ceremony, with the exception of the bride's uncle and aunt, told her friends afterwards.”
The butt-woman was just setting forth the need of money for church repairs but she interrupted herself when she found me studying monuments.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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