Word: mistresses
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
stre
sses
Definition: Plural of mistress; a woman master who directs the work of others
Morphemes:
Affix: mister
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To address by the title of "mister".
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
Affix: -es
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third person singular present of verbs