mistress
English
/ˈmɪstɹɪs/
noun
Definitions
- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership
- A female teacher
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
- A dominatrix
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
- a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
- (Scotland) A married woman; a wife
- (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls
- A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership
Etymology
Derived from Old French maistresse affix from English mister.
Origin
English
mister
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- choir English
- choirmistress English
- concert English
- concertmistress English
- dock English
- dockmistress English
- grand English
- grandmistress English
- harbor English
- harbormistress English
- head English
- headmistress English
- headmistress-ship English
- house English
- housemistress English
- mister English
- mistressdom English
- mistressless English
- mistressly English
- mistresspiece English
- mistressship English
- pay English
- paymistress English
- piece English
- post English
- postmistress English
- quarter English
- quartermistress English
- quiz English
- quizmistress English
- ring English
- ringmistress English
- school English
- schoolmistress English
- schoolmistressly English
- schoolmistressy English
- scout English
- scoutmistress English
- spy English
- spymistress English
- station English
- stationmistress English
- subpostmistress English
- task English
- taskmistress English
- toast English
- toastmistress English
- wagon English
- wagonmistress English
- web English
- webmistress English
- whore English
- whoremistress English
- work English
- workmistress English
- Mätresse German
- maitresse Italian
- mister Italian
- maître French
- maîtresse French
- мистер Russian
- míster Spanish, Castilian
- míster Portuguese
- ミストレス Japanese
- metresa Polish
- maistress Middle English
- maistresse Old French
- मिस्टर Hindi
- metres Turkish
- мистър Bulgarian
- 미스터 Korean
- pay
- spy
- web
- head
- ring
- work
- task
- dock
- post
- quiz
- scout
- piece
- whore
- toast
- grand
- choir
- house
- wagon
- harbor
- mister
- school
- quarter
- station
- concert
- mistressly
- paymistress
- mistressdom
- webmistress
- spymistress
- mistressship
- taskmistress
- postmistress
- mistressless
- dockmistress
- quizmistress
- ringmistress
- workmistress
- headmistress
- whoremistress
- choirmistress
- grandmistress
- wagonmistress
- toastmistress
- housemistress
- scoutmistress
- mistresspiece
- harbormistress
- schoolmistress
- quartermistress
- stationmistress
- schoolmistressy
- concertmistress
- subpostmistress
- schoolmistressly
- headmistress-ship