Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who acts out the role of the dominating partner in a sadomasochistic relationship.
- noun A woman regarded as overbearing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Once when I took my son trick-or-treating, we came to an apartment full of hottie women in dominatrix outfits.
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When a dominatrix is holding a whip in front of your face as she grabs you by the hair, there's no doubt in your mind that she's holding an object of power.
Fetishes As Fetish Does Heather McDougal 2007
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A dominatrix is teaching aerobics classes in NYC that threaten flogging for flaggers.
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Finally, the word dominatrix remains in circulation.
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Out of the city, Bella could reinvent herself and be whomever or whatever she wanted, aka a dominatrix trainer, for starters.
Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011
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Out of the city, Bella could reinvent herself and be whomever or whatever she wanted, aka a dominatrix trainer, for starters.
Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011
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Perhaps, the weekly suggests, the dominatrix is being a little too dominating?
S&M Hypnotherapy . . .. . . soothing therapy?. . . . . . for some, vanilla isn't the only flavor 2005
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Perhaps, the weekly suggests, the dominatrix is being a little too dominating?
Life of Brian: 2005
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And the possibility that he had a sadomasochistic relationship with Hester Thrale, that she functioned as something like we might call a dominatrix nowadays is an old, old speculation.
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(and, to flip the story line, it's no wonder the dominatrix is a pornographic and sexual staple - embarassingly literal images of transgression do tend to go hand in hand with the erotic).
Feministe 2009
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