mistress
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership
- A female teacher
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
- A dominatrix
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
- a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
- A married woman; a wife
- (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls
- A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership)
- female equivalent of master
- female equivalent of mister
Concepten
Synoniemen
fancy woman
schoolma’am
lady-love
landowner’s wife
secret concubine
female ruler
dona
no. 2
true-love
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈmɪstɹɪs/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse (whence French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). By surface analysis, mist(e)r + -ess.
Nieuw
master
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- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- A male head of a household.
- Someone who employs others.
- An expert at something.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- A male schoolteacher.
- A skilled artist.
- A man or a boy; mister. See Master.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- A person holding such a degree.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
- Short for master key.
- A male dominant.
Nieuw
mister
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A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.
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