MISSIS

missus, missis

(noun) informal term of address for someone’s wife

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

missis (plural missises)

(US, historical, colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of missus.

Source: Wiktionary


Mis"sis, n.

Definition: A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate. G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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