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mis·tress
(mĭs′trĭs)n.
1. A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a man who is married to someone else.
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.]
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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. (Education) chiefly Brit short for schoolmistress
5. an archaic or dialect word for sweetheart
[C14: from Old French; see master, -ess]
Mistress
(ˈmɪstrɪs)n
an archaic or dialect title equivalent to Mrs
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mis•tress
(ˈmɪs trɪs)n.
1. a woman who has authority, esp. the female head of a household or the like.
2. a woman employing servants or attendants.
3. a female owner of an animal, or formerly, a slave.
4. a woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usu. married man who provides her with financial support.
5. a woman who has possession or control of something: mistress of a great fortune.
6. a woman who is skilled in an occupation or art.
7. (sometimes cap.) something regarded as feminine that has control or supremacy: England, mistress of the seas.
8. (cap.) (formerly) a term of address corresponding to Mrs., Miss, or Ms.
9. Brit. a female schoolteacher.
10. Archaic. sweetheart.
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mistress
- doll - Evolved as a pet name for Dorothy, first meaning "mistress."
- doxy - Can mean "mistress, sweetheart."
- miss - A shortened form of mistress.
- Mrs. - Originally, Mrs. was a shortened version of mistress, a word that used to mean "wife"; Mrs. cannot be written out.
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Noun 1. [画像:mistress - an adulterous woman]mistress - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
lover - 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. [画像:mistress - a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)]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
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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.
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Translations
خَلِيلَةٌ سَيِّدَه، رَبَّة المَنْزِلسَيِّدَه، صاحِبَهعَشيقَهمُعَلِّمَه
milenkapaníprofesorkaučitelkamajitelka
ejerelskerindefruelærermistress
rakastajatar
ljubavnica
szeretőtanárnőúrnõ
ástkona, hjákonahúsmóîir, frúkennslukona
女性の愛人
첩
domina
meilužėmokytojašeimininkėvaldytoja
kundzemīļākāsaimnieceskolotāja
majiteľkamilenkaprofesorka
älskarinna
อนุภรรยา
tình nhân
mistress
[ˈmɪstrɪs] N1. [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...
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mistress
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mistress
(ˈmistris) noun1. a woman who is the lover of a man to whom she is not married. minnares عَشيقَه любовница amante milenka die Geliebte mistress ερωμένη amante armuke معشوقه rakastajatar maîtresse פילגש रखैल ljubavnica szerető wanita simpanan ástkona, hjákona amante 情婦 연인, 애인 meilužė mīļākā perempuan simpanan maitresse elskerinne kochanka معشوقه 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 professora učitelka, profesorka die Lehrerin lærer δασκάλα maestra, profesora õpetajanna معلم زن opettajatar institutrice, professeure מורה शिक्षिका učiteljica tanárnő guru wanita kennslukona professoressa 女教師 여선생 mokytoja skolotāja guru wanita lerares lærerinne nauczycielka ښوونكى 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 dona paní, majitelka die Herrin ejer κυρά, αφεντικίνα dueña, ama perenaine صاحب emäntä maîtresse גבירה 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 د كوم شى خاونده، ميرمن 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 patroa paní die Herrin frue κυρία 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 ښځينه همكاره patroa stăpână госпожа pani gospodinja gazdarica husmor, frun i huset นายจ้างหญิง hanım 女僱主 господиня گھر کی مالکہ bà chủ 女雇主
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mistress
→ خَلِيلَةٌ 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009