hagshipn.
/ˈhaɡʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈhæɡˌʃɪp/ Chiefly humorous.
With possessive adjective, as in your hagship, her hagship, etc., as a (mock) title of respect for a hag or witch, or an old or malicious woman.
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a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) ii. ii. 724 'Tis the Charme her Hagship gave me, For my Duchesse obstinate Woman.
1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. H2v I mean to lay the Country for their Hagships.
1785 A. Grant Let. 18 Aug. in Lett. from Mountains (1806) III. 81 I fancy their hagships [sc. Macbeth's witches] resided hereabouts.
1870 Tomahawk 12 Mar. 96/1 Let us report her Hagship's words as the fall from her painted lips.
2013 C. Rivenbark Rude Bitches make me Tired xxiv. 221 Let me be frank: You're a little old for that, Your Hagship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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