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Definition of Mistress
Mis´tress | n. | 1. | A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc. | | 2. | A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it. | | 3. | A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. | | 4. | A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a woman having an ongoing usually exclusive sexual relationship with a man, who may provide her with financial support in return; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually; as, both his wife and his mistress attended his funeral. | | 5. | A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. | | 6. | A married woman; a wife. | | 7. | The old name of the jack at bowls. | | v. i. | 1. | To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. |
Related Words
Frau, Fraulein, Miss, Mlle, Mme, Mmes, dame, dona, donna, lady, madam, madame, mademoiselle, mem-sahib, mesdames, senhora, senhorita, signora, signorina, vrouw
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