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MIS'TRESS, n. L. magistra.
1. A woman who governs correlative to servant, slave, or subject.
My mistress here lies murdered in her bed.
2. The female head of a family.
3. That which governs a sovereign. Rome was mistress of the world.
4. One that commands, or has possession and sovereignty. The queen is mistress of the Indies.
5. A female who is well skilled in any thing as, she is mistress of arithmetic.
6. A woman teacher an instructress of a school.
7. A woman beloved and courted.
8. A woman in keeping for lewd purposes.
9. A term of contemptuous address.
MIS'TRESS, To wait upon a mistress to be courting.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Mistress'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/mistress.html.
Entry for 'Mistress'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/mistress.html.
