Mistress

See also: mistress

English

Noun

Mistress (plural Mistresses)

(archaic) Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, book 2, chapter 10
  The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way.

Derived terms

missus

See also

Master

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