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mistress

noun

1 mistress

An adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man.

synonyms: fancy woman, kept woman.

Roget 779: possessor, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant; person in possession, man in possession etc. 777; renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee; ... show more

Roget 962: libertine; voluptuary etc. 954.1; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man; intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, ... show more

Roget 745: master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, ... show more

Roget 374: woman, she, her, female, petticoat.    feminality, muliebrity; womanhood etc. (adolescence) 131.    womankind; the sex, the fair; ... show more

Dutch: buitenvrouw, mevrouw, minnares
Polish: kochanica

2 mistress

A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict).

synonyms: schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmistress.

Dutch: onderwijzeres
Polish: żyleta, kosa

3 mistress

A woman master who directs the work of others.

Dutch: bazin


Moby thesaurus: Dulcinea, abbess, beneficiary, best girl, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, chatelaine, concubine, dame, deedholder, dowager, doxy, dream girl, duenna, educatress, feoffee, feudatory, first lady, gill ... show more.

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