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Throughout his life, the wealthy businessman maintained a string of mistresses in different cities.
VERB + MISTRESS
have | take | keep
noun
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.
At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
A female head of household.
A female teacher.
games mistress
The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
A dominatrix.
As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
verb
Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
These films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny.
To act or take the role of a mistress.
[…] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]
noun
Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.
The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way.
Mistress Cordelia Carfax shivered and gathered her silk shawl about her shoulders. […] Any shows of affection Mistress Carfax did display were usually reserved for her pedigree pug.
Used as the title of a female dominant.
noun — a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
Something which has both significant positive and negative aspects.
For bandleaders, society can be a cruel mistress. At debutante parties they receive compliments but not calling cards, at charity balls they take their breaks with their players in
Synonym of cruel mistress.
Much as we may glory in [Nature's] crimson dawns and golden sunsets ... we learn sooner or later that she is a fickle mistress who may smile one day and another send fiery darts of
She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.
WiktionaryAt the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that
Wiktionarygames mistress
WiktionaryThese films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny.
Wiktionary[…] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]
WiktionaryThe sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way.
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