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.
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, book 2, chapter 10
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