mistress

noun mistresses · mistris

1. A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership. She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.

   Similar: boss, head, leader

2. A female head of household. In came the boy from over the way, who was suspected of not having board enough from his master; trying to hide himself behind the girl from next door but one, who was proved to have had her ears pulled by her Mistress.
3. A female teacher. games mistress

   Similar: schoolmarm

4. The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations. “But soon his wrath being o’er, he took / “Another mistress, or new book:

   Similar: bit on the side, fancy woman, comaré, goomah

5. A dominatrix. As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
6. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it. A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
7. A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart. he could not forbear putting his horse out of the way , and rode with his mistress behind him round about it
8. Scotland A married woman; a wife. Several of the neighbouring mistresses […] had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening.
9. archaic A respectful mode of address to a woman.
10. obsolete The jack in the game of bowls. Faith, keep a bachelor still, and go to bowls, sir, Follow your mistress there, and prick and save, sir; For other mistresses will make you a slave, sir
11. A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership).
12. feminine Female equivalent of master
13. feminine Female equivalent of mister

Similar: bit on the side, concubine, doxy, dulcinea, goomah, leman, loon, minx, mistress, number two, side bitch, side chick, side piece, side ting, sprunk, strumpet, wench, wifelet · Opposite: wife

verb mistresses · mistressing · mistressed · mistris

1. rare, transitive Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency. These films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny.
2. intransitive To act or take the role of a mistress. […] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]

noun Mistresses

1. archaic Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs. The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way.
2. Used as the title of a female dominant.