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mistress-ship

mistress-ship is the alternative spelling of mistressship.

Meaning of mistressship

Noun

mistressship (usually uncountable, plural mistressships)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Female rule or dominion.
  2. (obsolete, usually) ladyship; a style of address, used with the personal pronoun.
    • Your father was / An honest country farmer, goodman Humble. / By his neighbours ne'er call'd Master. Did your pride / Descend from him? but let that pass: your fortune, / Or rather your hunsband's industry, advanced you / To the rank of a merchant's wife. He made a knight, / And your sweet...1632, Philip Massinger, “The City Madam”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 4, page 400

Forms of mistress-ship

pluralmistress-ships

Questions about mistress-ship

What is mistress-ship the alternative spelling of?
Mistress-ship is the alternative spelling of mistressship.

Words near mistress-ship in the dictionary

  1. mistreats
  2. mistress
  3. mistress of ceremonies
  4. mistress of the robes
  5. Mistress Santa Claus
  6. mistress-ship
  7. mistress-ships
  8. mistressdom
  9. mistresse
  10. mistressed
  11. mistresses

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