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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.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Mistress'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​m/mistress.html.
 
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