Mistress

['mɪstrɪs] or ['mɪstrəs]

Definition

(noun.) a woman master who directs the work of others.

(noun.) an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man.

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Definition

(n.) A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.

(n.) A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.

(n.) A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.

(n.) A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.

(n.) A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.

(n.) A married woman; a wife.

(n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.

(v. i.) To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.

Editor: Moll

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Female head, female sovereign.[2]. Instructress, female teacher.[3]. Sweetheart, flame, doxy.[4]. Concubine, paramour.

Checker: Ramona

Definition

n. (fem. of Master) a woman having power or ownership: the female head of a family school &c.: a woman well skilled in anything: a woman loved and courted: a concubine: (fem. of Mister) a form of address once applied to any woman or girl now given to a married woman (usually written Mrs and pronounced mis′ez): (Shak.) the small ball at bowls now called the Jack at which the players aim.—v.t. to play the mistress.

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