mistress of the household
Example Sentences
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She played inscrutable head games with the mistress of the household, my boyfriend’s mother, whom she had known since childhood.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2015
Blanche Yurka as the mistress of the household, becomes, at times, a tragic figure, notably at the end of Act II when she prays to the Virgin for strength to keep her Spanish down.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Prince was respectful as far as possible to Aminta, looking on her as head of the family and mistress of the household.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
I was treated with the utmost respect, as if I were mistress of the household, but I was a prisoner.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard
On the day after her marriage, the Roman bride, by a sacrifice which she offered to the Lares, formally took possession of her position as mistress of the household.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
