Word: headmistress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: head
mis
tress
Definition: A female school principal.
Morphemes:
Affix: head
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A headmaster or headmistress.
Affix: mister
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.
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