Guildmistress

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female leader of a guild.

    "‘How daintily is our Guildmistress appareled this day! Mark you the fair embroidery on her collar, and yon jewelled brooch she wears in it, as broad as the boss of a buckler!’"

Example

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"‘How daintily is our Guildmistress appareled this day! Mark you the fair embroidery on her collar, and yon jewelled brooch she wears in it, as broad as the boss of a buckler!’"

Etymology

From guild + mistress.

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