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词汇 mistress-ship
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Definition of mistress-ship in English:

mistress-ship

noun ˈmɪstrɪsʃɪp
  • 1As a title or polite form of address applied to a woman with the status of mistress. Only with possessive adjective, as "your (also occasionally thy) mistress-ship". Now archaic.

  • 2The position or status of a mistress or female head of a household, etc.; (a period of) female authority as mistress.

  • 3The position or status of a woman who has a long-lasting sexual relationship with a man (especially a married man) who is not her husband.

  • 4Also with capital initial. The post of a mistress in a school. Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English. From mistress + -ship, after mastership.

Definition of mistress-ship in US English:

mistress-ship

nounˈmɪstrɪsʃɪp
  • 1As a title or polite form of address applied to a woman with the status of mistress. Only with possessive adjective, as "your (also occasionally thy) mistress-ship". Now archaic.

  • 2The position or status of a mistress or female head of a household, etc.; (a period of) female authority as mistress.

  • 3The position or status of a woman who has a long-lasting sexual relationship with a man (especially a married man) who is not her husband.

  • 4Also with capital initial. The post of a mistress in a school. Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English. From mistress + -ship, after mastership.

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