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Meaning of mistressship | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Female rule or dominion.
    obsolete, uncountable, usually
  2. ladyship; a style of address, used with the personal pronoun.
    obsolete, uncountable, usually

Examples

“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,”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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