"mistressship" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mistressships [plural]
Etymology: mistress + -ship Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mistress|ship}} mistress + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} mistressship (usually uncountable, plural mistressships)
  1. (obsolete) Female rule or dominion. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-mistressship-en-noun-FSODciy6
  2. (obsolete) ladyship; a style of address, used with the personal pronoun. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-mistressship-en-noun-34zKmzd~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship, English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ship: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mistress-ship

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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