Definitions for Mistressˈmɪs trɪs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mis•tressˈmɪs trɪs(n.)
a woman who has authority, esp. the female head of a household or the like.
a woman employing servants or attendants.
a female owner of an animal, or formerly, a slave.
a woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usu. married man who provides her with financial support.
a woman who has possession or control of something:
mistress of a great fortune.
a woman who is skilled in an occupation or art.
(sometimes cap.) something regarded as feminine that has control or supremacy:
England, mistress of the seas.
(cap.) (formerly) a term of address corresponding to Mrs., Miss, or Ms.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Brit. a female schoolteacher.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Archaic. sweetheart.
Origin of mistress:
1275–1325; < MF, OF, =maistre (< L magister; see master ) +-esse -ess
Princeton's WordNet
mistress, kept woman, fancy woman(noun)
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistress(noun)
a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
mistress(noun)
a woman master who directs the work of others
Wiktionary
mistress(Noun)
a woman, specifically one with control, authority or ownership
She was the mistress of the mansion, and owned the horses.
mistress(Noun)
a female teacher
games mistress
mistress(Noun)
a female partner in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
mistress(Noun)
a dominatrix
Mistress(Noun)
Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.
She was the mistress of the mansion, and owned the horses.
Origin: From and maistresse (French: maîtresse), feminine of maistre, master
Webster Dictionary
Mistress(noun)
a woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc
Mistress(noun)
a woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
Mistress(noun)
a woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart
Mistress(noun)
a woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually
Mistress(noun)
a title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman
Mistress(noun)
a married woman; a wife
Mistress(noun)
the old name of the jack at bowls
Mistress(verb)
to wait upon a mistress; to be courting
The Roycroft Dictionary
mistress
1. A female who has rights, as distinguished from a married woman, who has duties. 2. One whose respect and love some married men may hold without the non-transferable license in the bottom of a trunk.
Translations for Mistress
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
mistress(noun)
a woman who is the lover of a man to whom she is not married.
- minnaresAfrikaans
- عَشيقَهArabic
- любовницаBulgarian
- amantePortuguese (BR)
- milenkaCzech
- die GeliebteGerman
- mistressDanish
- ερωμένηGreek
- amanteSpanish
- armukeEstonian
- معشوقهFarsi
- rakastajatarFinnish
- maîtresseFrench
- פִּילֶגֶשHebrew
- रखैलHindi
- ljubavnicaCroatian
- szeretőHungarian
- wanita simpananIndonesian
- ástkona, hjákonaIcelandic
- amanteItalian
- 情婦Japanese
- 연인, 애인Korean
- meilužėLithuanian
- mīļākāLatvian
- perempuan simpananMalay
- maitresseDutch
- elskerinneNorwegian
- kochankaPolish
- معشوقهPersian
- معشوقهPashto
- amantePortuguese
- amantăRomanian
- любовницаRussian
- milenkaSlovak
- ljubicaSlovenian
- ljubavnicaSerbian
- älskarinnaSwedish
- ภรรยาลับThai
- metresTurkish
- 情婦Chinese (Trad.)
- коханкаUkrainian
- داشتہ، رکھیلUrdu
- tình nhânVietnamese
- 情妇Chinese (Simp.)
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