Used vocatively as a title of respect; ‘Madam’, ‘Ma'am’. Now archaic or regional (chiefly Scottish and Caribbean).
| 单词 | θ92714 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for woman (24) mistress?a1425 Used vocatively as a title of respect; ‘Madam’, ‘Ma'am’. Now archaic or regional (chiefly Scottish and Caribbean). your (also occasionally thy) mistress-ship?1461 As a title or polite form of address applied to a woman with the status of mistress. Only with possessive adjective, as your (also occasionally th… sir1578 Applied to women. Now dialect. goodwife1593 Used as a polite or respectful form of address to the female head of a household, inn or other establishment. Later also (Scottish) used as a… metresse1600 In the representation of English spoken by a French person (in quot. 1600: a German): a mistress, one's mistress; esp. as a title or form of… metreza1604 = mistress, n. sirrah1604 Applied to women (seriously or in jest). Obsolete. mistershipa1616 Compositorial misreading of mistress-ship, n. Mrsa1637 gen. = mistress, n., in any of the senses of that word. Obsolete. ma'am1671 Madam. citess1793 U.S. Occasionally used in preference to citizeness as a title or form of address for a woman. Cf. citizen, n. 2c citizeness, n. Now historical and… Mis'1835 As a title preceding a woman's first name or surname: Mrs. Cf. Miz, n.1 mem1890 = memsahib, n. Subcategories:— in languages other than English (2) — by Indians for white woman (1) — for old woman (3) — married (1) — young unmarried (4) |
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