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jesses

/ˈd͡ʒɛsɪz/

jesses is the plural of jess.

jesses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jess.

Meaning of jess

Noun

jess (plural jesses)

  1. A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
    • Haukes haue about theyr legges gesses made of lether moste comonly, some of silke which should no lenger but that the knottes of them should appere in ye myddes of the left hande betwene the longe fynger and the leche fynger bicause the lewnes should be fastened to them with a payre of tyrettes...1486, Juliana Berners, The booke of hauking, huntyng and fysshyng, London, published 1566

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Jesses

Jesses

  1. (plural) plural of Jess

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jesses

IPA/ˈd͡ʒɛsiːz/

Jesses

  1. (plural) plural of Jesse

Questions about jesses

What is jesses the plural of?
Jesses is the plural of jess.
What part of speech is jesses?
Jesses is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jesses?
Jesses is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛsɪz/.

Words near jesses in the dictionary

  1. Jesselton
  2. Jesselyn
  3. jessemin
  4. jesserant
  5. jesserants
  6. jesses
  7. Jessi
  8. Jessica
  9. Jessica Fletcher
  10. Jessicah
  11. Jessicas

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