Word: correctress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cor
rect
ress
Definition: A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector; a correctrix.
Morphemes:
Affix: correct
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: correctus
Language: la
Decoded: correctus
Meaning: improved, amended, correct
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