Word: deaconess
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: dea
con
ess
Definition: One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.
Morphemes:
Affix: deacon
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: διᾱ́κονος
Language: grc
Decoded: diakonos
Meaning: servant, minister
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