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| mis·tress [ místrəss ] (plural mis·tress·es) |
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1. extramarital lover of man: a woman with whom a man has a usually long-term extramarital sexual relationship, often one in which he provides financial support
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2. owner or controller of something: a woman who owns or controls something
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3. personification as woman: something that rules or controls, personified as a woman
  Venice, once mistress of the seas
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4. able woman: a woman who is highly skilled in a particular activity
a mistress of the art of negotiation
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5. owner of pet: the woman owner of a pet animal
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6. loved woman: a woman with whom a man is in love
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archaic
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| [13th century. < Old French maistresse, form of maistre (see master)] |
