maistry

1. obsoleteObsolete form of mastery.

plural maistries · alternative mistry

1. IndiaobsoleteA foreman.

   Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “Well, yes, of a kind. I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

   1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings

2. IndiaobsoleteAny artisan, such as a cook or a tailor.