mistress 音标拼音: [m'ɪstrəs]
n . 主妇,女主人,情妇
主妇,女主人,情妇
mistress n 1 :
an adulterous woman ;
a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man [
synonym :
{
mistress }, {
kept woman }, {
fancy woman }]
2 :
a woman schoolteacher (
especially one regarded as strict )
[
synonym : {
schoolmarm }, {
schoolma '
am }, {
schoolmistress },
{
mistress }]
3 :
a woman master who directs the work of others Mistress \
Mis "
tress \,
n . [
OE .
maistress ,
OF .
maistresse ,
F .
ma [^
i ]
tresse ,
LL .
magistrissa ,
for L .
magistra ,
fem .
of magister .
See {
Master }, {
Mister },
and cf . {
Miss }
a young woman .]
1 .
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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1913 Webster ]
The late queen '
s gentlewoman !
a knight '
s daughter !
To be her mistress '
mistress ! --
Shak .
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2 .
A woman well skilled in anything ,
or having the mastery over it .
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A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate '
s Arithmetic . --
Addison .
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3 .
A woman regarded with love and devotion ;
she who has command over one '
s heart ;
a beloved object ;
a sweetheart .
[
Poetic ] --
Clarendon .
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4 .
A woman filling the place ,
but without the rights ,
of a wife ;
a woman having an ongoing usually exclusive sexual relationship with a man ,
who may provide her with financial support in return ;
a concubine ;
a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually ;
as ,
both his wife and his mistress attended his funeral . --
Spectator .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
5 .
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but now superseded by the contracted forms ,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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1913 Webster ]
Now Mistress Gilpin (
careful soul ). --
Cowper .
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6 .
A married woman ;
a wife . [
Scot .]
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Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening .
--
Sir W .
Scott .
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7 .
The old name of the jack at bowls . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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{
To be one '
s own mistress },
to be exempt from control by another person .
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Mistress \
Mis "
tress \,
v .
i .
To wait upon a mistress ;
to be courting . [
Obs .] --
Donne .
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1913 Webster ]
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Mistress ":
Frau ,
Fraulein ,
Miss ,
Mlle ,
Mme ,
Mmes ,
dame ,
dona ,
donna ,
lady ,
madam ,
madame ,
mademoiselle ,
mem -
sahib ,
mesdames ,
senhora ,
senhorita ,
signora ,
signorina ,
vrouw
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mistress ":
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 ,
girl ,
girl friend ,
goodwife ,
governess ,
great lady ,
headmistress ,
homemaker ,
householder ,
housewife ,
inamorata ,
instructress ,
jill ,
jo ,
kept mistress ,
kept woman ,
lady ,
lady love ,
laird ,
landlady ,
landlord ,
lass ,
lassie ,
lord ,
lover ,
madam ,
master ,
matriarch ,
matron ,
mesne ,
mesne lord ,
mother superior ,
odalisque ,
old lady ,
owner ,
paramour ,
playmate ,
proprietary ,
proprietor ,
proprietress ,
proprietrix ,
rentier ,
schooldame ,
schoolmarm ,
schoolmistress ,
squire ,
titleholder ,
tutoress ,
unofficial wife ,
woman
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MISTRESS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of MISTRESS is a woman who has power, authority, or ownership How to use mistress in a sentence
Mistress (lover) - Wikipedia In modern contexts, the word "mistress" is used primarily to refer to the female lover, married or unmarried, of a person who is married, without the kept woman aspects In the case of an unmarried person, "mistress" is not usually used
MISTRESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary MISTRESS definition: 1 a woman who has control over or responsibility for someone or something: 2 a female school… Learn more
Mistress - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com A woman who has an illicit affair — that is, a sexual relationship with someone she's not married to — is also called a mistress It’s a somewhat old-fashioned word — it’s one-sided, sexist, and often suggests financial support in exchange for sexual favors
Mistress - definition of mistress by The Free Dictionary mistress - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
mistress noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of mistress noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
MISTRESS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary A married man's mistress is a woman he is having a romantic relationship with, but who is not his wife
MISTRESS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Mistress definition: a woman who, most often secretly, has an ongoing sexual relationship with, and sometimes is financially supported by, someone who is openly married to, engaged to, or living with another person
mistress - Wiktionary, the free dictionary In the extramarital sense, mistress is often narrowly taken to mean a woman involved in a committed extramarital relationship (an affair), often supported financially (a kept woman)
Mistress Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary MISTRESS meaning: 1 : a woman who has control or power over others: such as; 2 : a woman who has a servant