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Definition mistress

Etymology

From Middle English and Old French maistresse (French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). This may be broken down as mister +‎ -ess.

Noun

mistress (plural mistresses)

1. a woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership
2. a female teacher
3. the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
4. a dominatrix
5. a woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
6. a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
7. (Scotland) a married woman; a wife
8. (obsolete) the jack in the game of bowls
9. a female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership)
10. female equivalent of master
11. female equivalent of mister

Verb

mistress (third-person singular simple present mistresses, present participle mistressing, simple past and past participle mistressed)

1. (transitive, rare) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
2. (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.

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