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guildmistresses

guildmistresses is the plural of guildmistress.

Meaning of guildmistress

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

Questions about guildmistresses

What is guildmistresses the plural of?
Guildmistresses is the plural of guildmistress.

Words near guildmistresses in the dictionary

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

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