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Tesses

Tesses is the plural of Tess.

Meaning of Tess

Proper noun (1)

Tess

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
    • Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139

Proper noun (2)

Tess (plural Tesses)

  1. A surname from German.

Questions about Tesses

What is Tesses the plural of?
Tesses is the plural of Tess.

Words near Tesses in the dictionary

  1. tesseradecades
  2. tesserae
  3. tesseraic
  4. tesseral
  5. Tesserete
  6. Tesses
  7. Tessica
  8. Tessie
  9. Tessier
  10. Tessin
  11. Tessitore

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