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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

priestress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
priestress
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A priestess.

American usage

Etymology

From Middle English preesteresse, from prestre (“priest”; from Middle French prestre) + -esse (“-ess”), and Middle French prestresse; later reinterpreted as priest + -ress.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: preesteresse, prestre, prestresse

Usage

Inflected Forms

priestresses (plural)

Questions

What does priestress mean?
A priestess.
Where does priestress come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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