mistress
/ˈmɪs.tɹɪs/ noun C1- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership. · She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.
- A female head of household.
- A female teacher. · games mistress
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
- A dominatrix.
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
- A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
- A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership).
Plural mistresses
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It was true; Toto had fallen down beside his little mistress.
The maidens, aggravated by such excessive labor, resolved to kill the cock who roused their mistress so early.
When they had done this, they found that they had only prepared for themselves greater troubles, for their mistress, no longer hearing the hour from the cock, woke them up to their work in the middle of the night.
The Sheep, writhing with pain, said, “Why do you hurt me so, Mistress?
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