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English
Noun
Mistress
#archaic Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.
Quotations
1855 – 1857: The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way. — Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens, Book 2, Chapter 10
See also
Master
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