Word: housemistress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: house
mi
stress
Definition: female housemaster; teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
Morphemes:
Affix: house
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A workhouse; a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
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