Word: cantress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: can
tress
Definition: A female cantor.
Morphemes:
Affix: cante
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: chant, incantation
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.
Affix: -ess
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix appended to words to make a female form.Examples.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισσα
Language: grc
Decoded: -issa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension