Word: persecutress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: per
se
cu
tress
Definition: A female persecutor; someone who torments
Morphemes:
Affix: persecute
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: per-
Language: la
Decoded: per-
Meaning: through
Affix: sequor
Language: la
Decoded: sequor
Meaning: follow
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