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- noun archaic Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form
Mrs .
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Examples
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"Ye'll mak 'a braw mistress o' the manse, Mistress -- Ralph --
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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And in "Mistress," a boy newly arrived in this country bears witness to the intimate details of his grandparents 'new and diverging lives: his grandmother's doctors' appointments, where he is charged with translating her myriad complaints into English, and his grandfather's clandestine courtship of another woman.
There Are Jews In My House: Summary and book reviews of There Are Jews In My House by Lara Vapnyar. 2003
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While we're talking about changes in publication dates, by the way, Tor informs me that The Sea thy Mistress is being pushed back to December of next year.
yellow is the cover of my true love's crossbow matociquala 2009
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Here she is called Mistress Conductor or Conductor.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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Here she is called Mistress Conductor or Conductor.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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Here she is called Mistress Conductor or Conductor.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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Here she is called Mistress Conductor or Conductor.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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There's a woman in Australia who works as a Dominatrix under the name Mistress Maihem.
The girl, the gang & the wheelchair: Devotees, Pretenders, Wannabes Elizabeth McClung 2007
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One character has (at least had) an Italian(esque) girlfriend named Teofania; he calls her Mistress Tiffany.
Character names in historical fiction Carla 2006
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Yet here you are now, riding off without your husband, and still using the name of Mistress Blanchard.
QUEEN’S RANSOM Fiona Buckley 2000
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