Associations to the word «Mistress»

Wiktionary

MISTRESS, noun. A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
MISTRESS, noun. A female teacher.
MISTRESS, noun. A female partner in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
MISTRESS, noun. A dominatrix.
MISTRESS, noun. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
MISTRESS, noun. A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
MISTRESS, noun. (Scotland) A married woman; a wife.
MISTRESS, noun. (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.
MISTRESS, noun. Female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership)
MISTRESS, noun. Feminine equivalent of master
MISTRESS, noun. (archaic) Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.

Dictionary definition

MISTRESS, noun. An adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man.
MISTRESS, noun. A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict).
MISTRESS, noun. A woman master who directs the work of others.

Wise words

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