Home › Words › S › shipmistressshipmistressshipmistress means A female shipmaster.EtymologyFrom ship + mistress.nounA female shipmaster.e.g.“Women nowadays invade all professions. The other day we announced the death of a lady shipmaster—or shipmistress.” — 1890 May 10, Seafaring, volume 4, number 81, page 14, column 3:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dockmistress 77% match — A female dockmaster. vs shipmistress →guildmistress 73% match — A female leader of a guild. vs shipmistress →jobmistress 73% match — A female job master (one who lets out horses and carriages). vs shipmistress →headmistress 72% match — A female headteacher. vs shipmistress →ringmistress 71% match — A female ringmaster. vs shipmistress →helmswoman 68% match — A woman who steers a ship. vs shipmistress →blogmistress 67% match — A female blogmaster. vs shipmistress →taskmistress 67% match — A woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer. vs shipmistress →