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bandmistresses

bandmistresses is the plural of bandmistress.

Meaning of bandmistress

Noun

bandmistress (plural bandmistresses)

  1. The conductor, leader, or musical director of a band.
    • One of the Sisters is Superior, and she is assisted in the government by bandmistresses chosen from among the elder members, whose duty it is to watch lovingly and carefully over the members of their bands.1877, Charles Fuge Lowder, Twenty-one Years in S. George's Mission, An Account of Its Origin, Progress, and Works of Charity, page 57

Questions about bandmistresses

What is bandmistresses the plural of?
Bandmistresses is the plural of bandmistress.

Words near bandmistresses in the dictionary

  1. bandmates
  2. bandmember
  3. bandmembers
  4. bandmen
  5. bandmistress
  6. bandmistresses
  7. bandmixing
  8. bando
  9. bandobast
  10. bandobasts
  11. bandobust

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