Mistress - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) (syn: schoolma' am, schoolmarm, schoolmistress)
- a woman master who directs the work of others
Extra examples
Servants were required to do the mistress's bidding without question.
The dog was always obedient to its master and mistress.
His wife suspected that the woman she'd seen with him was his mistress.
The dog ran alongside his mistress.
She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
She is a mistress of disguise.
The Prince had shocked society by living openly with his mistress.
The maid looked nervously at her mistress.
My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun. (W. Shakespeare, Sonnet CXXX)
The temper of the mistress of the house of such a demoniacal complexion.
His mistress is going to send down money to redeem him.
She appeared to be very much the mistress of the situation.
He painted his mistress many times
Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
Word forms
singular: mistress
plural: mistresses
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