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guildmistress

guildmistress noun: a female leader of a guild.

Noun

guildmistress (plural guildmistresses)

  1. A female leader of a guild.
    • ‘How daintily is our Guildmistress appareled this day! Mark you the fair embroidery on her collar, and yon jewelled brooch she wears in it, as broad as the boss of a buckler!’1858, Frances M. Wilbraham, For and Against or Queen Margaret’s Badge: A Domestic Chronicle of the Fifteenth Century, volume I, London: John W. Parker and Son […], page 204
    • Six weeks after I’d swum ashore, a full conclave of eight guildmistresses was held aboard a schooner out of Gate of the South; and I confessed in full all over again. This conclave spanned four full days. The guildmistresses were not so much sitting in judgement, but more as a tribunal of enquiry...1984, Ian Watson, The Book of the River, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, published 1985, →ISBN, page 138

Examples of guildmistress in a sentence

  • Six weeks after I’d swum ashore, a full conclave of eight guildmistresses was held aboard a schooner out of Gate of the South; and I confessed in full all over again.1984, Ian Watson, The Book of the River, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, published 1985, →ISBN, page 138:
  • Alabasel Frond was the guildmistress of the Adventurers Guild, and he had thought that her nickname was whispered only among the town’s youths.2017, Zack Loran Clark, Nick Eliopulos, The Adventurers Guild, Los Angeles, Calif.; New York, N.Y.: Disney • Hyperion, →ISBN, page 27:

Forms of guildmistress

pluralguildmistresses

Origin of guildmistress

From guild + mistress.

Questions about guildmistress

What does guildmistress mean?
Guildmistress means a female leader of a guild.
How do you use guildmistress in a sentence?
Six weeks after I’d swum ashore, a full conclave of eight guildmistresses was held aboard a schooner out of Gate of the South; and I confessed in full all over again.
What part of speech is guildmistress?
Guildmistress is a noun.
What is the plural of guildmistress?
The plural of guildmistress is guildmistresses.

Words near guildmistress in the dictionary

  1. guildmasters
  2. guildmate
  3. guildmates
  4. guildmember
  5. guildmembers
  6. guildmistress
  7. guildmistresses
  8. guildries
  9. guildry
  10. guilds
  11. guildship

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