mis·tress (m s trs)n. 1. A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usually married man who is not her husband and from whom she generally receives material support. 2. A woman in a position of authority, control, or ownership, as the head of a household: "Thirteen years had seen her mistress of Kellynch Hall" (Jane Austen). 3. a. A woman who owns or keeps an animal: a cat sitting in its mistress's lap. b. A woman who owns a slave. 4. A woman with ultimate control over something: the mistress of her own mind. 5. a. A nation or country that has supremacy over others: Great Britain, once the mistress of the seas. b. Something personified as female that directs or reigns: "my mistress . . . the open road" (Robert Louis Stevenson). 6. A woman who has mastered a skill or branch of learning: a mistress of the culinary art. 7. Mistress Used formerly as a courtesy title when speaking to or of a woman. 8. Chiefly British A woman schoolteacher. [Middle English maistresse, from Old French, feminine of maistre, master, from Latin magister; see master.] Usage Note: English has no shortage of terms for women whose behavior is viewed as licentious, but it is difficult to come up with a list of comparable terms used of men. One researcher, Julia Penelope, stopped counting after she reached 220 such labels for women, both current and historical, but managed to locate only 20 names for promiscuous men. Murial R. Schultz found more than 500 slang terms for prostitute but could find just 65 for the male terms whoremonger and pimp. A further imbalance appears in the connotations of many of these terms. While the terms generally applying only to women, like tramp and slut, are almost always strongly negative, corresponding terms used for men, such as stud and Casanova, often carry positive associations. · Curiously, many of the negative terms used for women derive from words that once had neutral or even positive associations. For instance, the word mistress, now mainly used to refer to a woman who is involved in an extramarital sexual relationship, originally served simply as a neutral counterpart to mister or master. The term madam, while still a respectful form of address, has had sexual connotations since the early 1700s and has been used to refer to the owner of a brothel since the early 1900s. |
mistress [ˈmɪstrɪs]
n
1. a woman who has a continuing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
2. a woman in a position of authority, ownership, or control, such as the head of a household
3. a woman or female personification having control over something specified she was mistress of her own destiny
4. (Social Science / Education) Chiefly Brit short for schoolmistress
5. an archaic or dialect word for sweetheart
[from Old French; see master, -ess]
Mistress [ˈmɪstrɪs]
n
an archaic or dialect title equivalent to Mrs
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  mistress - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a manlover - a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| 2. |  mistress - a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)school teacher, schoolteacher - a teacher in a school below the college level | |
| 3. | mistress - a woman master who directs the work of others chatelaine - the mistress of a chateau or large country house employer - a person or firm that employs workers |
mistress
noun lover, girlfriend, concubine, kept woman, paramour, floozy (slang), fancy woman (slang), inamorata, doxy (archaic), fancy bit (slang), ladylove (rare) He has a wife and a mistress.
Translations
mistress [ˈmɪstrɪs] N
1. [of household, servant] → señora f, ama f
to be one's own mistress → ser independiente
to be mistress of the situation → ser dueña de la situación
to be one's own mistress → ser independiente
to be mistress of the situation → ser dueña de la situación
3. (Brit) (o.f.) (= teacher) (in primary school) → maestra f; (in secondary school) → profesora f
our English mistress → nuestra profesora de inglés
our English mistress → nuestra profesora de inglés
4. (archaic) (= Mrs) → señora f de...
mistress
mistress [ˈmɪstrɪs] n
mistress [ˈmɪstrɪs] n
b. (lover) → amante f
c. (Brit) (Scol) (teacher) → insegnante f
mistress [ˈmɪstrɪs] n
b. (lover) → amante f
c. (Brit) (Scol) (teacher) → insegnante f
n mistress [ˈmistris]
1 a woman who is the lover of a man to whom she is not married. minnares عَشيقَه любовница milenka mistress die Geliebte ερωμένη amante armuke معشوقه rakastajatar maîtresse פִּילֶגֶש रखैल ljubavnica szerető wanita simpanan ástkona, hjákona amante 情婦 연인, 애인 meilužė mīļākā perempuan simpanan maitresse elskerinne kochanka amante amantă любовница milenka ljubica ljubavnica älskarinna ภรรยาลับ metres 情婦 коханка داشتہ، رکھیل tình nhân 情妇
2 a female teacher the games mistress. juffrou مُعَلِّمَه учителка učitelka, profesorka lærer die Lehrerin δασκάλα maestra, profesora õpetajanna معلم زن opettaja institutrice, professeure מוֹרָה शिक्षिका učiteljica tanárnő guru wanita kennslukona professoressa 女教師 여선생 mokytoja skolotāja guru wanita lerares lærerinne nauczycielka professora învăţătoare, profesoară учительница učiteľka, profesorka učiteljica učiteljica lärarinna ครูผู้หญิง bayan öğretmen 女教師 вчителька معلّمہ cô giáo 女教师
3 a woman who commands, controls or owns a dog and his mistress. meesteres سَيِّدَه، صاحِبَه владетелка paní, majitelka ejer die Herrin κυρά, αφεντικίνα dueña, ama perenaine صاحب emäntä, omistaja maîtresse גְבִירָה मालकिन gospodarica gazdi wanita pemilik húsmóðir, frú padrona 女主人 여왕, 여자 지배자 savininkė, valdytoja kundze; saimniece wanita pemilik meesteres frue; herskerinne; matmor pani dona stăpână хозяйка pani, majiteľka gospodarica gospodarica härskarinna, ägarinna, matte นายผู้หญิง duruma hâkim kadın, hayvan sahibi hanım 女主人 хазяйка پالتو جانور کی مالکہ bà chủ nhà 女主人
4 a female employer (of a servant) The servant stole her mistress's jewellery. baas سَيِّدَه، رَبَّة المَنْزِل господарка paní frue die Herrin κυρία (που έχει υπηρέτη) señora, dueña perenaine همکار زن emäntä maîtresse בַּעֲלָת הַבַּית मालकिन gazdarica úrnő majikan perempuan húsmóðir, frú padrona di casa 女主人 (노예, 동물 등의) 여성 소유자 šeimininkė kundze; saimniece majikan perempuan mevrouw frue pani patroa stăpână госпожа pani gospodinja gazdarica husmor, frun i huset สาวใช้ hanım 女僱主 господиня گھر کی مالکہ bà chủ 女雇主
mistress → خليلة milenka elskerinde Geliebte ερωμένη dueña rakastajatar maîtresse ljubavnica amante 女性の愛人 첩 maîtresse elskerinne pani amante любовница älskarinna อนุภรรยา metres tình nhân 情妇
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