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Definition of Missis
1. Noun. Informal term of address for someone's 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
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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