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mistressless en · ADJ

Etymology

From mistress + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without a mistress.
    • For, truth to tell, he was weary of his mistressless home, and he called to mind how neat and expert Zillah used to be... 1869, Emma Raymond Pitman, Vestina's martyrdom:
    • ...given full responsibility concerning at least the butler and cook, and in a mistressless home possibly concerning the others in the professional class. 1954, Amy Vanderbilt, Amy Vanderbilt's complete book of etiquette:
    • ...being of prudent years to undertake the charge of his motherless and mistressless family... 1839, Catherine Grace F Gore, The courtier of the days of Charles II, with other tales: