Definition of Missis

1. Noun. Informal term of address for someone's wife.

Exact synonyms: Missus
Generic synonyms: Married Woman, Wife

Definition of Missis

1. n. A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate.

Definition of Missis

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of missus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Missis

1. a wife [n -SISES] - See also: wife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Missis

missioning
missionise
missionised
missionises
missionising
missionization
missionizations
missionize
missionized
missionizer
missionizers
missionizes
missionizing
missions
missions and missionaries
missis (current term)
missises
missish
missishly
missishness
missit
missits
missitting
missive
missives
missized
missocialisation
missold
missort
missorted

Literary usage of Missis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Law of Married Women: Under the Statutes of the Several by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1875)
"King, 24 missis. 85; Ratcliffe r. Dougherty, 24 missis. ... Ganong, 47 missis. 189. 1 Act of Feb. 28, 1846. And see, as to this act, Robertson v. ..."

2. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"You know, missis, Massa hab no nigger but me and one yellow girl, when he bought me and my four children. Well, den Massa, he want me to breed ; so he say, ..."

3. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 by Fanny Kemble (1864)
"that we " had made young missis for them." Venus went down on her knees, exclaiming, " Oh, missis, I glad now; and when I am dead, I glad in my grave that ..."

4. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Robert William Service (1916)
"missis MORIARTY'S BOY missis Moriarty called last week, and says she to me, says she: " Sure the heart of me's broken entirely now — it's the fortunate ..."

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