Word: slaughteress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: slaugh
ter
ess
Definition: A female slaughterer; a children's fantasy novel series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Morphemes:
Affix: slay
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To kill, murder.
Affix: -ter
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.
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