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/ˈmɪs.tɹɪs/ · 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.
games mistress
As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
he could not forbear putting his horse out of the way , and rode with his mistress behind him round about it
Several of the neighbouring mistresses […] had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening.
Faith, keep a bachelor still, and go to bowls, sir, Follow your mistress there, and prick and save, sir; For other mistresses will make you a slave, sir
Use mistress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mistress means A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership..
Common synonyms include bit on the side, concubine, doxy, dulcinea.
Possible antonyms include wife.
She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.
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