ALL meanings of mistress
mis·tress
M m - noun mistress a woman who has authority, control, or power, especially the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment. 2
- noun mistress a woman employing, or in authority over, servants or attendants. 2
- noun mistress a female owner of an animal, or formerly, a slave. 2
- noun mistress a woman who has the power of controlling or disposing of something at her own pleasure: mistress of a great fortune. 2
- noun mistress (sometimes initial capital letter) something regarded as feminine that has control or supremacy: Great Britain, the mistress of the seas. 1
- noun mistress a woman who is skilled in something, as an occupation or art. 1
- noun mistress a woman who has a continuing, extramarital sexual relationship with one man, especially a man who, in return for an exclusive and continuing liaison, provides her with financial support. 1
- noun mistress British. a female schoolteacher; schoolmistress. 1
- noun mistress (initial capital letter) a term of address in former use and corresponding to Mrs., Miss, or Ms. 1
- noun mistress Archaic. sweetheart. 1
- noun mistress A woman in a position of authority or control. 1
- noun mistress See -ess. 1
- noun mistress lover 1
- interjection mistress archaic: Mrs. 1
- noun mistress female form of master 1
- noun mistress schoolmistress 1
- countable noun mistress A married man's mistress is a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship. 0
- countable noun mistress A mistress is a female teacher. 0
- countable noun mistress A servant's mistress is the woman that he or she works for. 0
- countable noun mistress A dog's mistress is the woman or girl who owns it. 0
- uncountable noun mistress If a woman is mistress of a situation, she has complete control over it. 0
- countable noun mistress If you say that a woman is a mistress of a particular activity, you mean that she is very skilled at it. 0
- noun mistress a woman who has a continuing extramarital sexual relationship with a man 0
- noun mistress a woman in a position of authority, ownership, or control, such as the head of a household 0
- noun mistress a woman or female personification having control over something specified 0
- noun mistress a woman who rules others or has control, authority, or power over something 0
- noun mistress a woman who is head of a household or institution 0
- noun mistress a female schoolteacher 0
- noun mistress a woman very skilled and able in some work, profession, science, art, etc. 0
- noun mistress something personified as a woman that has control, power, etc. 0
- noun mistress a woman who is in a sexual relationship with, and typically is financially supported by, a man without being married to him 0
- noun mistress a woman who is in an adulterous relationship with a man married to another woman 0
- noun mistress a sweetheart 0
- noun mistress a title used in speaking to or of a woman and placed before the name 0