mistress
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- noun A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usually married man who is not her husband and from whom she generally receives material support.
- noun A woman in a position of authority, control, or ownership, as the head of a household: "Thirteen years had seen her mistress of Kellynch Hall” (Jane Austen).
- noun A woman who owns or keeps an animal: a cat sitting in its mistress's lap.
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- I considered remonstrating with her, but at once abandoned such an imprudent course, for my mistress is amenable to restraint only in certain of her moods. — River God
- 'Both your reputation and that of my mistress is at stake.' — River God
- The child and the promise that he had wrung from my mistress were his hope of immortality. — River God
- Any man who kept a mistress was awomaniser. — The Sheikh's Innocent Bride
- "So your mistress is the Devi?" he growled. — Conan the Avenger
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- Middle English maistresse, from Old French, feminine of maistre, master, from Latin magister; see master.
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/ (mĭsˈtrĭs)/
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