Definition of "missis" []

• Informal The mistress of a household. (noun)
• Informal Used as a term of reference by a man of his wife. (noun)

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• "If Grover wasn't so stand-offish, we might tell her about it, and she could tell the Saint -- that's what we call the missis; the Saint would soon put a stop to all that nonsense."
• ""Good-mornin ', missis; and why are you sittin' out thar, when thar is such a nice cabin to be in?""
• "He called the missis, and they got her into the kitchen and gave her a cup of tea and put her to bed, and she'll never get up again, it seems."