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mistressships

mistressships is the plural 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

Questions about mistressships

What is mistressships the plural of?
Mistressships is the plural of mistressship.

Words near mistressships in the dictionary

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

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