Thesaurus: mistress

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1. n. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.
2. n. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
3. n. A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.
4. n. A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.
5. n. A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.
6. n. A married woman; a wife.
7. n. The old name of the jack at bowls.
8. v. i. To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
9. n. an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
10. n. a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
11. n. a woman master who directs the work of others
12. 1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc. The late queen's gentlewoman! a knight's daughter! To be her mistress' mistress! Shak. 2. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it. A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic. Addison. 3. A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] Clarendon. 4. A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually. Spectator. 5. A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper. 6. A married woman; a wife. [Scot.] Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening. Sir W. Scott. 7. The old name of the jack at bowls. Beau. & Fl. To be one's own mistress, to be exempt from control by another person. To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] Donne.