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shipmistresses

shipmistresses is the plural of shipmistress.

Meaning of shipmistress

Noun

shipmistress (plural shipmistresses)

  1. A female shipmaster.
    • Women nowadays invade all professions. The other day we announced the death of a lady shipmaster—or shipmistress.1890 May 10, Seafaring, volume 4, number 81, page 14, column 3

Questions about shipmistresses

What is shipmistresses the plural of?
Shipmistresses is the plural of shipmistress.

Words near shipmistresses in the dictionary

  1. shipment
  2. shipments
  3. shipmind
  4. shipminds
  5. shipmistress
  6. shipmistresses
  7. shipoo
  8. shipot
  9. shipova
  10. shipovas
  11. shipowner

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