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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                

    
                
                  
    -ess \-ess\ [OF. -esse, LL. -issa, Gr. ?.]
   A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess,
   songstress.
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