chiefess
UK/tʃiːˈfɛs/
chiefess noun: synonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
Noun
chiefess (plural chiefesses)
- Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
- Although Lili‘u was born a high chiefess, with lineage that reached back to the high chiefs under Kamehameha the Great, at the time of her birth it would never have seemed possible that she would someday become queen.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 7
- Synonyms:
- chieftainess
Synonyms of chiefess
Forms of chiefess
| plural | chiefesses |
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Origin of chiefess
From chief + -ess. Piecewise doublet of chefess.
Words that rhyme with chiefess
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- 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 chiefess
- What does chiefess mean?
- Chiefess means synonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
- What part of speech is chiefess?
- Chiefess is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chiefess?
- Chiefess is pronounced /tʃiːˈfɛs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chiefess?
- The plural of chiefess is chiefesses.
Words near chiefess in the dictionary
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