mistressship

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noun

Female rule or dominion.

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Meanings

nounmistressship (usually uncountable, plural mistressships)

plural mistressships · alternative mistress-ship

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyFemale rule or dominion.
  2. obsoleteuncountableusuallyladyship; a style of address, used with the personal pronoun.
    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

Origin

From mistress + -ship.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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