Home › Words › G › guildmistressguildmistressguildmistress · noun — A female leader of a guild.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom guild + mistress.nounA female leader of a guild.e.g.“‘How daintily is our Guildmistress appareled this day! Mark you the fair embroidery on her collar, and yon jewelled brooch she wears in it, as broad as the boss of a buckler!’” — 1858, Frances M. Wilbraham, For and Against or Queen Margaret’s Badge: A Domestic Chronicle of the Fifteenth Century, volume I, London: John W. Parker and Son […], page 204:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.guildmaster 78% match — The leader of a guild. vs guildmistress →guildswoman 73% match — A female member of a guild. vs guildmistress →shipmistress 73% match — A female shipmaster. vs guildmistress →ringmistress 69% match — A female ringmaster. vs guildmistress →headmistress 67% match — A female headteacher. vs guildmistress →taskmistress 67% match — A woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer. vs guildmistress →herbmistress 67% match — A female herbmaster. vs guildmistress →jobmistress 67% match — A female job master (one who lets out horses and carriages). vs guildmistress →