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