"knightess" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: knightesses [plural]
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 Categories (topical): Female people Translations (female knight): kavalirino (Esperanto), 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 Disambiguation of Female people: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), English terms suffixed with -ess (wife) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (wife): 56 44 Disambiguation of 'female knight': 94 6
  2. (rare) The wife of a knight. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-knightess-en-noun-R913bd8b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knightress

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for knightess meaning in English (2.5kB)

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