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mistressship

mistressship noun: female rule or dominion.

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 mistressship

pluralmistressships
alternative formmistress-ship

Origin of mistressship

From mistress + -ship.

Questions about mistressship

What does mistressship mean?
Mistressship means female rule or dominion.
What part of speech is mistressship?
Mistressship is a noun.
What is the plural of mistressship?
The plural of mistressship is mistressships.

Words near mistressship in the dictionary

  1. mistressminded
  2. mistressminding
  3. mistressminds
  4. mistresspiece
  5. mistresspieces
  6. mistressship
  7. mistressships
  8. mistressy
  9. Mistretta
  10. Mistrettas
  11. mistrial

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