protectress

[ proh-tek-tris ]

/ proʊˈtɛk trɪs /

a woman who guards or defends someone or something; protector.

Origin of protectress

First recorded in 1560–70; protect(o)r + -ess

See -ess.

An image of the Virgin was washed ashore, to be the protectress of his chapel.

The Age of Erasmus |P. S. Allen
What followed upon that was not communicated to her protectress, nor do I care to pry.

Rest Harrow |Maurice Hewlett
Only after a while, in a few weeks, a new influence began to work upon Liz's protectress.

That Lass O' Lowrie's |Frances Hodgson Burnett
She was the protectress of young married people and infants, and so was worshipped especially by women.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 |Charles H. Sylvester

The Prince and his companion, therefore, determined immediately to join their protectress.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 |Mrs. Thomson