mistress

1. a woman who has control over or responsibility for someone or something: 2…

Meaning of

mistress

in English


mistress


noun


us

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ˈmɪs.trəs

/


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ˈmɪs.trəs

/


mistress


noun


(

WOMAN IN CONTROL

)


old-fashioned

a woman who has

control

over or

responsibility

for someone or something:


I’ll

inform


the

mistress (

of

the

house

) of

your


arrival

,

madam

.


She

intends

to

remain

mistress

of


(= in

charge

of)

her own

life

when she gets

married

.


[

C

]


UK


old-fashioned


She got a good

report

from her

German

mistress.


[

C

]


old-fashioned


People in charge of or controlling other people


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mistress


noun


(

SEXUAL PARTNER

)


[

C

]

a woman who is having a

sexual


relationship

with a

married

man:


Edward VII and his mistress, Lillie Langtry

(Definition of

mistress

from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus


© Cambridge University Press)

mistress

| Intermediate English


mistress


noun


[

C

]


us

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/

ˈmɪs·trəs

/

a woman who has a

sexual


relationship

over a

long


period

of

time

with a man who is not her

husband

(Definition of

mistress

from the

Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary


© Cambridge University Press)

Translations of

mistress

in Chinese (Traditional)
女性控制, 女主人, 女能人…


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女性控制, 女主人, 女能人…


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in Spanish
amante, maestra, profesora…


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in Portuguese
amante (f), amásia, concubina…


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(男から見て)愛人…


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metres, sevgili, evli erkekle cinsel ilişki kuran kadın…


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maîtresse, institutrice, professeure…


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amant…


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milenka, učitelka, profesorka…


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wanita simpanan, guru wanita, wanita pemilik…


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ภรรยาลับ, ครูผู้หญิง, นายผู้หญิง…


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tình nhân, cô giáo, bà chủ nhà…


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kochanka…


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perempuan simpanan, guru wanita, wanita pemilik…


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die Geliebte, die Lehrerin, die Herrin…


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