MISTRESS
\mˈɪstɹəs], \mˈɪstɹəs], \m_ˈɪ_s_t_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of MISTRESS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.
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A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
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A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.
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A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.
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A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.
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A married woman; a wife.
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The old name of the jack at bowls.
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To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
By Oddity Software
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A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.
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A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
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A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.
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A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.
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A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.
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A married woman; a wife.
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The old name of the jack at bowls.
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To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
By Noah Webster.
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A woman who has authority or who governs; the female head of a family, school, etc.; a woman well skilled in anything; a woman courted and beloved; sweetheart: Mistress, a title used before the name of a married woman; abbreviated, Mrs.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(fem. of MASTER), Awoman having power or ownership: the female head of a family, school, etc.: a woman well skilled in anything: a woman loved: a concubine: (fem. of MISTER) a form of address (usually written MRS. and pronounced MISSIS).
By Daniel Lyons
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A woman in authority; female head or ruler; woman skilled in anything; title of address to a married woman (usually written Mrs.).
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A woman in authority.
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A title of a married woman; written Mrs. and pronounced missis.
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A woman who unlawfully fills the place of a wife.
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A woman skilled in something.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [English, Latin] A woman who exercises authority; the female head of a family, a school, &c; -a sovereign; -a woman well skilled in any thing; -a beloved object; a sweetheart; -a paramour; a concubine; -madam-a title or term of address, pronounced Misus and written Mrs.
