Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defendress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-fendress
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

female defender.

Etymology

From Middle English defenderesse, from Old French defenderesse; equivalent to defender + -ess.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: defenderesse
Suffix: defender

Inflected Forms

defendresses (plural)

Questions

What does defendress mean?: female defender.
Where does defendress come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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