mistress

"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

She studied the craft in college, performed on a USO tour in Vietnam and worked as a costume mistress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 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

“Rebecca was still mistress of Manderley,” the narrator worries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Now that Penelope had returned, Margaret would spend the rest of this lovely day cleaning fireplace grates, sweeping carpets, and tending to the whims of her high-strung mistress whenever Lady Constance rang the bell.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Descended from King Charles II and one of his mistresses, Richmond numbered among those aristocratic Whigs who dominated the British parliament in the 18th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

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

It told the story of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses who were wrongly convicted due to faulty software.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024

If I didn’t succumb to starvation, I would be here for a long time, with hateful mistresses and with Hattie ordering me about.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine