Mistress

See also: mistress

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Noun

Mistress (plural Mistresses)

  1. (archaic) Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.
    Coordinate terms: Mister, Missus
    • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “The Dreams of Mrs. Flintwinch Thicken”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the second (Riches), page 408:
      The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way.
    • 2014, Tessa Harris, chapter 5, in The Lazarus Curse (A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery; 4), New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 25:
      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.
  2. (BDSM) Used as the title of a female dominant.
    Coordinate terms: Master, Mxtress
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