mistress
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Is mistress a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of mistress?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (Scotland) A married woman; a wife.Examples: "Several of the neighbouring mistresses […] had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening."Scotland
2. (archaic) A respectful mode of address to a woman.archaic
3. (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.Examples: "Faith, keep a bachelor still, and go to bowls, sir, Follow your mistress there, and prick and save, sir; For other mistresses will make you a slave, sir"; "She took a bowl, drew up her skirt with her left hand, and rolled the weighted ball with a deft motion. It lightly kissed the mistress and stopped a few inches away."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive, rare) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.Examples: "These films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny."raretransitive
2. (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.Examples: "[…] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]"intransitive
noun (English)
1. (archaic) Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.Examples: "The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way."; "Mistress Cordelia Carfax shivered and gathered her silk shawl about her shoulders. […] Any shows of affection Mistress Carfax did display were usually reserved for her pedigree pug."archaic
2. (BDSM) Used as the title of a female dominant.
Definition source: Wiktionary