Word: knightess
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: knigh
tess
Definition: The wife of a knight.
Morphemes:
Affix: knight
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
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