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mistress

[mis-tris] / ˈmɪs trɪs /
NOUN
woman in extramarital relationship
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NOUN
female authority figure
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"Ultimately this was a tremendous debut performance from the new mistress of meringue, showing a side of Nigella we have not seen before: quirky, commanding, funny – but also humane," she concluded.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

At one point, they came upon previously unseen photographs from Saar’s early career as a costume mistress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"You chose to take your final flight in my arms on the evening of May 14, to join your mistress who loved you so much," she said.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

It’s hard to imagine his administration being competent enough to fake such actions without at least one conspiracist letting the secret out, even by drunkenly bragging about it to a would-be mistress.

From Salon ● May 13, 2026

“Well, and Wang Lung, the farmer, what?” retorted the gateman, who was polite to none except the rich friends of his master and mistress.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

The result is that midlife crises have become a lot less wild: fewer mistresses and motorcycles and more medical visits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Under Holinshed's assertion that Richard the Lionheart was "not very notorious," Milton added: "the booke of Provenzall poets numbers him in / the catalogue, telling of his poetrie, and his Provenzal / mistresses."

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024

We've been hearing about the unexplained shortfalls sub-postmasters and mistresses were experiencing - but what actually went wrong with the Horizon IT system?

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024

So there was this constant contradiction in their lives, but ultimately they were not the mistresses of their own destinies.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2024

Now that wasn’t the way on all plantations; there were good masters and mistresses, as I’ve heard tell, but I didn’t happen to come across any of them.”

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry


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