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Etymology
mistress + -ship
Noun
mistressship (usually uncountable, plural mistressships)
- (obsolete) Female rule or dominion.
- (obsolete) ladyship; a style of address, used with the personal pronoun.
1632, Philip Massinger, “The City Madam”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 4, 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,
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