mistressship

See also: mistress-ship

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

mistress +‎ -ship

Noun

mistressship (usually uncountable, plural mistressships)

  1. (obsolete) Female rule or dominion.
  2. (obsolete) ladyship; a style of address, used with the personal pronoun.
    • 1632, Massinger, Philip, “The City Madam”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger‎, Act 4, Scene 4, published 1845, page 400:
      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,

References
  • mistressship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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