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mistress
English
Etymology
From Middle English maistresse and Old French maistresse (French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). This may be broken down as mister +? -ess.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?s?tr?s, IPA(key): /?m?st??s/
Noun
mistress (plural mistresses)
- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership
- Synonyms: (applicable to either sex) boss, (applicable to either sex) head, (applicable to either sex) leader
- male equivalent: master
- A female teacher
- Synonym: schoolmarm
- male equivalent: master
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
- Synonyms: (applicable to either sex) bit on the side, fancy woman, comaré, goomah; see also Thesaurus:mistress
- Antonyms: cicisbeo, fancy man
- A dominatrix
- male equivalent: master
- 2006, Amelia May Kingston, The Triumph of Hope (page 376)
- As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
- A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
- a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
- (Scotland) A married woman; a wife
- (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls
- A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership)
- female equivalent of master
- female equivalent of mister
Usage notes
In the extramarital sense, mistress is often narrowly taken to mean a woman involved in a committed extramarital relationship (an affair), often supported financially (a kept woman). It can also be broadly taken to mean a woman involved in an extramarital relationship regardless of the level of commitment, but requires more than a single act of adultery.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mistress (third-person singular simple present mistresses, present participle mistressing, simple past and past participle mistressed)
- (transitive, rare) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.
See also
- (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor), Madam (madam, ma'am) (Category: en:Titles)
References
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mastress
English
Noun
mastress (plural mastresses)
- Obsolete form of mistress.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Anagrams
- rest mass, restmass
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