Word: waywardens
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: way
war
dens
Definition: Plural of waywarden. Someone elected to take care of highways in a parish.
Morphemes:
Affix: way
Language: en
Meaning: highway, road
Affix: ward
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
Affix: -en
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Denotes a quasi-past participle or participle-like adjective when attached to a noun or verb.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.