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guildmistress

noun

Etymology

From guild + mistress.

  1. derived from maistresse
  2. inherited from maistresse
  3. compounded as guildmistress — “guild + mistress”

Definitions

  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!’
    • Alabasel Frond was the guildmistress of the Adventurers Guild, and he had thought that her nickname was whispered only among the town’s youths.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA