-stress
suffix forming nouns
indicating a woman who performs or is engaged in a certain activity
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songstress
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Compare -ster (sense 1)
seamstress
Compare -ster (sense 1)
Origin
from -st(e)r + -ess-stress
Word Origin
1
a feminine equivalent of -ster:
seamstress; songstress.
Origin
-st(e)r + -ess
Related Word
- songstress
-stressa feminine equivalent of -ster, as in seamstress, songstress.
[-str (syncopated variant of -ster) + -ess]