missis

[ mis-iz, -is ]

/ ˈmɪs ɪz, -ɪs /

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noun

Older Use. wife: I'll have to ask the missis.

the mistress of a household.

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Also mis·sus

[mis-uhz, -uhs] /ˈmɪs əz, -əs/ .

Origin of missis

First recorded in 1780–90; variant of mistress

Words nearby missis

missioner, missionize, mission specialist, mission statement, Mission Viejo, missis, missish, Mississauga, Mississippi, Mississippian, Mississippi River

How to use missis in a sentence

To this the fat boy, considerably terrified, briefly responded, “Missis.”
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
I'll put my missis up to going to the town and getting speech of her, and telling her a bit of her danger.
Ruth|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
When no little voice responded to the call, she went to the sitting-room and said, "Missis, have you seen Tommy?"
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866|Various
The words Mrs. Lawton most frequently heard were, "It was cruel of missis to take away little Tommy."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866|Various

Master went out earlier, and came home later; missis cried more, and looked even paler than before.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush|William Makepeace Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for missis

missis

/ (ˈmɪsɪz, -ɪs) /

noun

a variant spelling of missus

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