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housemistress

housemistress noun: female housemaster.

Noun

housemistress (plural housemistresses)

  1. female housemaster

Forms of housemistress

pluralhousemistresses

Origin of housemistress

From house + mistress.

Questions about housemistress

What does housemistress mean?
Housemistress means female housemaster.
What part of speech is housemistress?
Housemistress is a noun.
What is the plural of housemistress?
The plural of housemistress is housemistresses.

Words near housemistress in the dictionary

  1. housemate
  2. housemates
  3. housemen
  4. houseminder
  5. houseminders
  6. housemistress
  7. housemistresses
  8. housemother
  9. housemotherly
  10. housemothers
  11. housen

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