English Explanatory Dictionary

priestress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A priestess.

Word forms

priestress priestresses

Etymology

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

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