Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maistry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maistry
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of mastery.

Obsolete

noun

Indian usage; Obsolete

noun

Any artisan, such as a cook or a tailor.

Indian usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “Well, yes, of a kind. I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मिस्त्री (mistrī), from Portuguese mestre.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: mestre

Usage

Inflected Forms

maistries (plural) mistry (alternative)

Questions

What does maistry mean?: Obsolete form of mastery.
Where does maistry come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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