priestress
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English preesteresse, from prestre (“priest”; from Middle French prestre) + -esse (“-ess”), and Middle French prestresse;[1] later reinterpreted as priest + -ress.
Noun edit
priestress (plural priestresses)
- (rare, nonstandard, now chiefly US) A priestess. [from 15th c.]
References edit
- ^ “prẹ̄steresse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “From prẹ̄stre n. & OF prestresse.”