-stress
1.
a feminine equivalent of
-ster
:
seamstress; songstress.
Origin
-st(e)r
+
-ess
British Dictionary definitions for
-stress
-stress
suffix
1.
indicating a woman who performs or is engaged in a certain activity:
songstress,
seamstress
Compare
-ster
(sense 1)
Word Origin
from
-st
(
e
)
r
+
-ess