Missis

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal The mistress of a household.
  • n. Informal Used as a term of reference by a man of his wife.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of missus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Mistress: a contracted form in colloquial or provincial use. The word thus contracted is spelled out chiefly in representations of vulgar speech; but as a title it is in universal spoken use in the form *missess or rather misses (misā€² ez), and is almost invariably written Mrs. See mistress.
  • n. A wife.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. informal term of address for someone's wife
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    married woman    wife   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mistress    wife   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Missie    spinach    sarvint    massa    bery    boro    marse    mistis    missus    look-see