Added to
Favorites
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Log In
Sign Up
Premium
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Popular Searches
Sat vocabulary list
Sat vocabulary games
Sat vocabulary works...
Sat vocabulary quiz
Sat vocabulary tests
Expand vocabulary
Sat vocabulary hangm...
Vocabulary builder
Sat free practice te...
Vocabulary websites
Free sat preparation
K 12 vocabulary list...
Definitions
mistress
Nearby Words
Mistral (plane)
Mistral (sailbo...
Mistral (typefa...
Mistral (wind)
Mistral Air
Mistral Group
Mistral class a...
Mistral class l...
Mistral gagnant
Mistral missile
Mistral's Kiss
Mistral's Kiss ...
Mistranslation
Mistras
Mistras, Greece
Mistrato
Mistreat
Mistreat (disam...
Mistreatment
Mistrel song
Mistress
Mistress (band)
Mistress (disam...
Mistress (film)
Mistress (form ...
Mistress (lover...
Mistress 9
Mistress Barbar...
Mistress Branic...
Mistress Culver
Mistress Death
Mistress Doubtf...
Mistress Doutfi...
Mistress Ford
Mistress Half-N...
Mistress Juliya
Mistress Kitty
Mistress Mabel
Mistress Mary
Mistress Mary, ...
Mistress Masham...
Mistress
Mistress
[
mis
-tris
]
Show IPA
/
ˈmɪs
trɪs
/
Show Spelled
Mistress
, the feminine counterpart of
master
, may mean:
Mistress (lover)
– a woman, other than his
wife
, with whom a man has a continuing sexual relationship.
Mistress (form of address)
– an old-fashioned term for the lady of the house, especially one who is head of the household.
Mistress meaning wife: used in some Commonwealth dialects, but not currently in most British dialects of English
A
dominatrix
in
BDSM
.
The woman who owns a slave.
The woman who employs a servant (comparable to master and servant).
Schoolmistress, or female school teacher (also called a "schoolmarm"). The term is now obsolete in the UK; see
schoolmaster
.
Mrs
— original abbreviation
Mistress of the Robes
, the senior lady of the British Royal Household.
Mistress (band)
, a sludge metal band from Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
Mistress
(1992 film)
.
Mistress
(1987 film)
.
Mistresses
(2008 British TV series)
.
References
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006
Wikipedia contributors
(
Disclaimer
)
This article is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
.
Last updated on Thursday September 11, 2008 at 12:33:37 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org
-
Edit this article at Wikipedia.org
-
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
Search
another word
or see
mistress
on
Dictionary
|
Thesaurus
|
Spanish
»
Confusing Words
»
School gear
»
Style guide
»
Literary terms
Style guide
Confusing words
Word of the Day
Free tools
Blog
Games
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Home Advisor
Copyright ©
2013 Dictionary.com, LLC
. All rights reserved.
About
PRIVACY POLICY
Terms
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Suggest a Word
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT