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mis⋅sis

[mis-iz, -is]
–noun
1. Older Use. wife: I'll have to ask the missis.
2. the mistress of a household.
Also, missus.


Origin:
1780–90; var. of mistress
mis·sis or mis·sus   (mĭs'ĭz, -ĭs)   
n.   Informal
  1. The mistress of a household.
  2. Used as a term of reference by a man of his wife.

[Alteration of mistress.]

Missis

Mis"sis\, n. A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate. --G. Eliot.
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