OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17478

mistress

/ˈmɪstɹɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dueña
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
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 knuck…
male equivalent: master
maestra
A female teacher.
games mistress
male equivalent: master
amante • barragana • manceba • querida
The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
ama
A dominatrix.
As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
male equivalent: master
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