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stationmistress

stationmistress noun: the woman in charge of a railway station; a female stationmaster.

Noun

stationmistress (plural stationmistresses)

  1. The woman in charge of a railway station; a female stationmaster.
    • At Corris the present G.W.R. operations are in charge of a stationmistress, recalling earlier days at Tan-y-Bwlch on the Festiniog line.1943 March and April, “Notes and News: On the Corris and Festiniog Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 114

Forms of stationmistress

pluralstationmistresses

Origin of stationmistress

From station + mistress.

Questions about stationmistress

What does stationmistress mean?
Stationmistress means the woman in charge of a railway station; a female stationmaster.
What part of speech is stationmistress?
Stationmistress is a noun.
What is the plural of stationmistress?
The plural of stationmistress is stationmistresses.

Words near stationmistress in the dictionary

  1. stationlike
  2. stationmaster
  3. stationmasters
  4. stationmastership
  5. stationmasterships
  6. stationmistress
  7. stationmistresses
  8. stations
  9. Stations of the Cross
  10. stationward
  11. stationwide

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