Dictionary Definition
mistress
Noun
1 an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing
extramarital sexual relationship with a man [syn: kept woman,
fancy
woman]
2 a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded
as strict) [syn: schoolmarm, schoolma'am,
schoolmistress]
3 a woman master who directs the work of
others
User Contributed Dictionary
see Mistress
English
Pronunciation
- mĭsʹtrĭs, /ˈmɪstrɪs/, /"mIstrIs/
Noun
- a woman, specifically
one with control, authority or ownership
- She was the mistress of the mansion, and owned the horses.
- a female teacher
- games mistress
- a woman who (dishonorably) displaces a wife in the affections of a man; a woman, other than his wife, with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship
- a dominatrix
Translations
a woman of authority
- French: maîtresse
- German: Frau , Meisterin
- Italian: maestra
- Latin: domina
- Old English: hlæfdige
- Scottish Gaelic: bana-mhaighstir
a female teacher
a dominatrix
Synonyms
- (woman with control, authority or owernship): boss (applicable to either sex), head (applicable to either sex), leader (applicable to either sex)
- (female teacher): schoolmarm
- (woman who displaces a wife in the affections of a man): bit on the side (applicable to either sex), fancy woman
Antonyms
Male equivalents:Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Mistress, the feminine counterpart of master, may mean:
- Mistress (lover) – a woman, other than his wife, with whom a man has a continuing sexual relationship.
- Mistress (form of address) – an old-fashioned term for the lady of the house, especially one who is head of the household.
- A dominatrix in BDSM.
- A woman who owns a slave.
- Schoolmistress, or female school teacher (also called a "schoolmarm"). The term is now generally obsolete; see schoolmaster.
- Mistress of the Robes, the senior lady of the British Royal Household.
- Mistress (band), a sludge metal band from Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
- Mistress (1992 film).
- Mistress (1987 film).
- Mistresses (2008 British TV series).
mistress in French: Maître
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Frau,
Fraulein, Miss, Mlle, Mme, Mmes, dame, dona, donna, lady, madam, madame, mademoiselle, mem-sahib,
mesdames, senhora, senhorita, signora, signorina, vrouwDulcinea, abbess, beneficiary, best girl,
cestui, cestui que trust,
cestui que use, chatelaine, concubine, dame, deedholder, dowager, doxy, dream girl, duenna, educatress, feoffee, feudatory, first lady,
gill, girl, girl friend, goodwife, governess, great lady,
headmistress,
homemaker, householder, housewife, inamorata, instructress, jill, jo, kept mistress, kept woman,
lady, lady love, laird, landlady, landlord, lass, lassie, lord, lover, madam, master, matriarch, matron, mesne, mesne lord, mother
superior, odalisque,
old lady, owner, paramour, playmate, proprietary, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, rentier, schooldame, schoolmarm, schoolmistress, squire, titleholder, tutoress, unofficial wife,
woman