Altess
/ɑlˈtɛs/
Altess noun: highness.
Noun
Altess (plural Altesses)
- Highness.
- A Swediſh Ambaſſador named Chriſtian Bond arrived here near the ſame time, and was in great ſtate received according to the Amplitude of his Highneſs, and Rolt a Bed-chamberman of this Alteſs was ſent reciprocally to the King of Sweden, but was near quitting the Coſt of his journey by a terrible...1663, James Heath, “Anno Dom. 1655”, in A Brief Chronicle of the Late Inteſtine VVarr […] , […] J. Beſt for William Lee, page 694
- 100. Sir Henry Wotton sending a letter to his maᵗʸ from Venice, related how the Prince of Conde sued for the title of Altess from the Synode of Venice, which was refused ; […]1856, Thomas Overbury, “Crumms Fal'n from King James's Table. Or His Table Talk, Principally Relating to Religion, Embassyes, State-policy &c”, in Edward Francis Rimbault, editor, The Miscellaneous...
Examples of Altess in a sentence
- “I have seen Mymms, your Altess,” he said.1910, W. Holt White, “Torfeldt Takes a Hand” (chapter VI), in The Man Who Dreamed Right, London; New York: Mitchell Kennerley, page 84:
- You will doubtless find it necessary to send these Papers to his Altess the Prince de Potemkin, to obtain positive Orders to preventing any too hasty Step.1964 [1959], John Paul Jones, “Kontradmiral Pavel Ivanovich Jones: 1788-1789” (chapter XX), in Samuel Eliot Morison, editor, John Paul...
Forms of Altess
| plural | Altesses |
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Origin of Altess
Borrowed from French altesse.
Words that rhyme with Altess
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
Questions about Altess
- What does Altess mean?
- Altess means highness.
- How do you use Altess in a sentence?
- “I have seen Mymms, your Altess,” he said.
- What part of speech is Altess?
- Altess is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Altess?
- Altess is pronounced /ɑlˈtɛs/.
- What is the plural of Altess?
- The plural of Altess is Altesses.
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