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missuses

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mis⋅sus

  [mis-uhz, -uhs]
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–noun
missis.

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
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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