mistress

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The ballet mistress Madame Giry, and others, usher the audience groups from room to room, as the narrative follows the spine of the original, although there is considerably less dialogue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

After two-and-a-half hours, the show ends with Gaga announcing she has defeated the "mistress of mayhem".

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

A cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank, Frailties of Fashion, shows just such a scene, with the prince arm in arm with his long-term mistress, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and the diminutive Duchess of York; both women are padded.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

She’s a natural, a self-starter, a quick learner, a hard bargainer, a mistress of disguise — really just putting on a wig, some good clothes and a posh British or American accent.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

As her personal maid, Ona Judge—her given name was Oney but she preferred Ona—was expected to be up early to help dress her mistress.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis