mistress-ship

A form of mistressship — Female rule or dominion.

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Meanings

nounmistress-ship (usually uncountable, plural mistress-ships)

plural mistress-ships

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of mistressship.
    1 more example

    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 mistress-ship ladyfied,

    1632, Philip Massinger, “The City Madam”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 4, page 400
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APA

mistress-ship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistress-ship

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“mistress-ship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistress-ship. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistress-ship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistress-ship.

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