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Mistress
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English
Etymology
From Middle English: maistresse; earlier Old French, female gender of maistre master
Noun
mistress
- a woman, specifically one with control, authority or ownership
- She was the mistress of the mansion, and owned the horses.
- a woman in charge of a school
- headmistress
- a woman who (dishonorably ) displaces a wife in the affections of a man
See also
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