miesies
/ˈmiːsiːs/(also missees, missies, missus) South African
noun
1A female employer of a servant (especially a black servant); a mistress.
2Frequently with capital initial. A respectful form of address or reference to a (white) woman; ‘madam’.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Stephen Black (1880–1931). From Afrikaans miesies from English missus.
- centre ice
- centre line
- centremost
- centre of attention
- centre of attraction
- centre of buoyancy
- centre of curvature
- centre of excellence
- centre of flotation
- centre of gravity
- centre of mass
- centre of pressure
- centrepiece
- centrepin
- centre punch
- centre spread
- centre stage
- centrex
- centric
- -centric
- centrical
- centricity
- -centricity
- centrifugal
- centrifugal force