priestress

English

Etymology

From Middle English preesteresse, from prestre (“priest”; from Middle French prestre) + -esse (“-ess”), and Middle French prestresse;[1] later reinterpreted as priest +‎ -ress.

Noun

priestress (plural priestresses)

  1. (rare, nonstandard, now chiefly US) A priestess. [from 15th c.]

References
  1. “prẹ̄steresse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “From prẹ̄stre n. & OF prestresse.”

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