poless

noun

1. (archaic, rare)A female Pole; a Polish woman.

   “What was more to the purpose, he seems to have amended his conduct he had married while at Posen; his wife, a fair Poless, was possessed of many graces, and of contentment and submissiveness without limit; […]”

   “BEAUTIFUL POLESSES. / The Polish ladies, says a Warsaw correspondent of the Boston Journal, are very beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful in the world.”

   “[…] Schaaren junger Polinnen in den hellfarbigſten ſeidenen Staubmänteln; ehrwürdige alte polniſche Herren mit Schnurrbärten, Kaftan, Paß (Gürtel), Säbel, und gelben oder rothen Stiefeln, und das neue Geſchlecht in den incroyableſten Pariſer Moden, Türken und Griechen, Ruſſen, Italiener und Franzoſen, in immer wechſelnder Menge; […]”

   “TWO POLES MADE ONE / The Nuptials of Parola Gentcynski and A. Zarmoski. / LITTLE POLAND EN FETE. / Carriage Drawn by Four White Horses Took Bridal Party to Church—Wedding Supper in Kosciusko Hall—The Poles and Polesses Present.”