† meˈtreza Obs.
Also metereza.
[Pseudo-Italian alteration of F. maîtresse.]
= mistress.
| 1604 Marston & Webster Malcontent i. iii, Me thinkes I see that Signior pawn his foot-cloth: that Metreza her Plate. a 1627 Middleton More Dissemblers v. i. 92 Metereza Celia. Ibid. 107 Come, metereza. |