-ess

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"-ess" in a Sentence (12 examples)

actor + -ess → actress

chanter + -ess → chantress

duke + -ess → duchess (“female ruler of a duchy”)

god + -ess → goddess

lion + -ess → lioness

prince + -ess → princess (“daughter of monarch (holding this title in her own right, who would become a queen regnant); the female equivalent of a prince”)

alderman + -ess → aldermaness (“alderman’s wife”)

duke + -ess → duchess (“duke’s wife”)

mayor + -ess → mayoress (“mayor’s wife”)

priest + -ess → priestess (“priest’s wife”)

prince + -ess → princess (“prince’s wife (who would become a queen consort)”)

squire + -ess → squiress (“squire’s wife”)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.