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