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fesses

fesses is the plural of fess.

fesses is the plural of fesse.

Meaning of fess

Noun

fess (plural fesses)

  1. A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
    • Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, Norton, published 2005, page 294

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Proper noun capitalized: Fesses

Fesses

  1. (plural) plural of Fess

Phrases with fesses

Questions about fesses

What is fesses the plural of?
Fesses is the plural of fess.
What part of speech is fesses?
Fesses is a proper noun.

Words near fesses in the dictionary

  1. fessed
  2. fessed up
  3. fesselin
  4. Fessenden
  5. Fessendens
  6. fesses
  7. fesses up
  8. fesseways
  9. fessewise
  10. fessing
  11. fessing up

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