Word: rectress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: rec
tress
Definition: The wife of a rector.
Morphemes:
Affix: rector
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: regō
Language: la
Decoded: rego
Meaning: to steer, to guide; to rule
Affix: -tor
Language: la
Decoded: -tor
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; used to form a masculine agent noun
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