mestressa

Catalan

noun
Definitions
  • female landowner, especially in the sense of someone with control over tenants, production etc.
  • (obsolete) wife of a landlord
  • mistress
  • schoolmistress
  • (informal) term of address to a young woman who is not known to the speaker, especially to catch attention

Etymology

Suffix from Catalan, Valencian mestre.

Origin

Catalan

mestre

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