Meaning

11 senses
  1. A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.

    She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.

    Frau, Meisterin, Herrscherin

    госпожа́gospožá, хозя́йкаxozjájka

    господи́няhospodýnja, хазя́йкаxazjájka

  2. A female head of household.

  3. A female teacher.

    games mistress

    Lehrerin

  4. The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.

    Mätresse, Liebhaberin

    любо́вницаljubóvnica

    коха́нкаkoxánka

    an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

  5. A dominatrix.

    Domina

    хозя́йкаxozjájka, влады́чицаvladýčica, прави́тельницаpravítelʹnica

  6. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.

  7. A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.

    a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

  8. (Scotland)A married woman; a wife.

  9. A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership).

  10. (archaic)A respectful mode of address to a woman.

  11. (obsolete)The jack in the game of bowls.

Examples

73 sentences
  1. Between ourselves, he keeps a mistress.

    У нього є коханка, але це лише між нами. — deniko

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  2. The sea is a harsh mistress.

  3. Sami's mistress is at the door.

  4. Sami was obsessed with his mistress.

  5. Sami's mistress is obsessed with him.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
woman of authority:
woman in extramarital relationship:
Русский
By meaning 3
woman of authority:
woman in extramarital relationship:
dominatrix:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
woman of authority:
female teacher:
woman in extramarital relationship:
dominatrix:

Origin

From Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse (whence French maîtresse), femi

From Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse (whence French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). By surface analysis, mist(e)r + -ess.

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