knightess
English
noun
Definitions
- (rare) A female knight.
- (rare) The wife of a knight.
Etymology
Suffix from English knight.
Origin
English
knight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beknight English
- knight English
- knightable English
- knightage English
- knightdom English
- knighteth English
- knighthead English
- knighthood English
- knightless English
- knightlet English
- knightlike English
- knightling English
- knightly English
- knightress English
- knightship English
- merknight English
- unknight English
- knight Middle English