mistress
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
Example
“She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.”
Other meanings
A female head of household.
A female teacher.
“games mistress”
Related words
- manstress
- misteress
- swordsmistress
- ballet mistress
- bandmistress
- beastmistress
- blogmistress
- choirmistress
- concertmistress
- cruel mistress
- dockmistress
- grandmistress
Word history
From Old French "maistresse".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mistress” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.