mistresshood

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noun

The role or status of a mistress.

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Meanings

nounmistresshood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe role or status of a mistress.

    Bertha's madness represents the limit case of mistresshood — the worst possible end of a dependent and degrading marriage — but its more gruesome aspects work, paradoxically, to distract the reader […]

    1999, Kathleen A. Washington, The Harlot's Curse, page 85

Origin

From mistress + -hood.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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