-ess

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  -ess \-ess\ [OF. -esse, LL. -issa, Gr. ?.]
     A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess,
     songstress.
     [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:



  ESS
       Extended Service Set (WLAN)