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mistress

[mis-tris] / ˈmɪs trɪs /


NOUN
woman in extramarital relationship
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"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

The man explained that he had a problem - he wants to leave his British wife to live with his mistress.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Keaton plays that mistress, Mary Wilkie, and her depiction of the witty, wry, journalist with a robust social calendar and strong opinions that she never hesitates to express, is among her most seminal performances.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025

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

The master and mistress, and their kin, and one child she had borne were in that house—which she did not enter.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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