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knightress

knightress is the alternative form of knightess.

Meaning of knightess

Noun

knightess (plural knightesses)

  1. (rare) A female knight.
  2. (rare) The wife of a knight.

Forms of knightress

pluralknightresses

Origin of knightress

From knight + -ress.

Questions about knightress

What is knightress the alternative form of?
Knightress is the alternative form of knightess.

Words near knightress in the dictionary

  1. knightly
  2. knightmare
  3. knightmares
  4. Knighton
  5. Knighton on Teme
  6. knightress
  7. knightresses
  8. knights
  9. Knights Bachelor
  10. knights bannerets
  11. Knights Batchelor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knightress (page history and authors); knightess (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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