"knightess" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: knightesses [plural], knightress [alternative]
Etymology: From knight + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knight|ess|nocat=1}} knight + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} knightess (plural knightesses)
  1. (rare) A female knight. Tags: rare Translations (female knight): kavalirino (Esperanto), chevalière [feminine] (French), chevaleresse [feminine] (French), Ritterin [feminine] (German), cavalieressa [feminine] (Italian), 女騎士 (jokishi) (Japanese), cavaleira [feminine] (Portuguese), caballera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-knightess-en-noun-Lv7x1ovB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), English terms suffixed with -ess (wife), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Female people Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (wife): 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Female people: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'female knight': 94 6
  2. (rare) The wife of a knight. Tags: rare Translations (wife of a knight): chevalière [feminine] (French), chevaleresse [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-knightess-en-noun-R913bd8b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (wife) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (wife): 50 50 Disambiguation of 'wife of a knight': 6 94

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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