abbess
Meaning of abbess
noun
- A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.
The abbess was always after the nuns to keep the convent immaculately clean.
- (British slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.
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Hyphenation of abbess
abbess
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- abbess is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
abbess synonyms
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Words that rhyme with abbess
Bess, bess, snobbess, coxcombess, nabobess
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