Mistress definition and meaning
Mistress definition: A married man’s mistress is a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a… | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
Definition of ’mistress’
mistress
(
m
ɪ
strɪs
)
Word forms:
mistresses
countable noun
mistress
is a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship.
[
old-fashioned
]
Tracy was his mistress for three years.
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mistress
in American English
(
ˈmɪstrɪs
)
noun
1.
; specif.,
a.
institution
b.
Chiefly
British
schoolteacher
2.
3.
[sometimes
M-
]
England was
mistress
of the seas
4.
a.
supported
by, a man without being married to him
b.
5.
Archaic
6.
[
M-
]
;
Obsolete
,
now replaced by
Mrs., Miss
, or
Ms.
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ME
maistresse
< OFr, fem. of
maistre,
master
mistress
in American English
(
ˈmɪstrɪs
)
noun
1.
institution, or other
establishment
2.
3.
4.
5.
(
sometimes cap
)
6.
7.
a man who, in
return
for an
exclusive
and continuing
liaison
,
provides
her with
financial
support
8.
Brit
schoolmistress
9.
(
cap
)
10.
archaic
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mistressed
adjective
mistress-ship
noun
[
1275–1325; ME
maistresse
‹ MF, OF, equiv. to
maistre
master
+
-esse
-ess
]
mistress
in British English
(
ˈmɪstrɪs
)
noun
1.
2.
3.
4.
mainly British
short for
schoolmistress
5.
an archaic or dialect word for
sweetheart
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C14: from Old French; see
master
,
-ess
Mistress
in British English
(
ˈmɪstrɪs
)
noun
an archaic or dialect title equivalent to
Mrs
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Examples of ‘mistress’ in a sentence mistress
In the
fashionable
portraits
of the
age
artists
took particular pleasure in emphasising the
contrast
with the white
skin
of the
master
or mistress.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
The
book
is
written
from the points of
view
of the mistress and the wife.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2007
)
What was the
day
like
for the mistress of the household?
Kishlansky, Mark A. (editor)
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning
to 1715
(
1995
)
There is no
positive
evidence
for the
existence
of a
royal
mistress or mistresses.
The Times Literary Supplement
(
2010
)
What
will
happen
to our
masters
and mistresses of the
universe
?
Times, Sunday Times
(
2014
)
He had a
reputation
for
taking
a
new
mistress more frequently than he took a
bath
.
Paula Byrne
PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson
(
2004
)
To
save
herself from
worse
she becomes the mistress of the
judge
.
The Times Literary Supplement
(
2014
)
Who
better
to
help
him out than his former mistress?
Times, Sunday Times
(
2012
)
Fifteen
royal mistresses and female servants
joined
her in the
flames
.
Jonathan Gregson
BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty
(
2002
)
Master and mistress say
thou
to their servants the
superior
to the
inferior
.
Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen’s Fairy Tales
(
1874
)
What was this
bond
between a
rich
mistress and a servant so
devoted
that he
ends
up
blinding
himself for her?
Times, Sunday Times
(
2009
)
She’s my wife and my mistress.
The Sun
(
2006
)
Indeed, she was very much
pleased
with her new little mistress and liked her place greatly.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess
(
1905
)
A
wardrobe
mistress
arrives
with my
armour
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2013
)
She was the wardrobe mistress.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2007
)
I
kept
my
eyes
on the mistress of the
house
, and
studied
her a
bit
.
Katie Hickman
COURTESANS
(
2003
)
Our
deputy
head mistress, usually very
strict
,
allowed
herself just a
flicker
of a
smile
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2015
)
The other woman is the
dead
man ‘s mistress, married and
voracious
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2008
)
It
looks
like a
Russian
mistress’s house.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2013
)
Trends of mistress
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In other languages mistress
British English
:
ˈmɪstrɪs
/
NOUN
mistress
is a woman he is having a romantic relationship with, but who is not his wife.
American English
:
ˈmɪstrɪs
/
Arabic
:
خَلِيلَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese
:
amante
Chinese
:
情妇
Croatian
:
ljubavnica
Czech
:
milenka
Danish
:
elskerinde
Dutch
:
maîtresse
European Spanish
:
Finnish
:
rakastajatar
French
:
maîtresse
German
:
Greek
:
ερωμένη
Italian
:
Japanese
:
女性の愛人
Korean
:
첩
Norwegian
:
elskerinne
Polish
:
pani
European Portuguese
:
Romanian
:
amantă
Russian
:
любовница
Spanish
:
Swedish
:
älskarinna
Thai
:
อนุภรรยา
Turkish
:
metres
Ukrainian
:
коханка
Vietnamese
:
tình nhân
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mistress
from the
Collins English Dictionary
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