Dictionary Entry

mistress

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈmɪstɹɪs/Used In Literature ↓

A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership

In a Sentence

“(male equivalent) master”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. mistressmistress young

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Poetry examples for “mistress”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Equal, the injured to defend,
To charm the mistress, or to fix the friend.
He, with a hundred arts refined,

He said; when Shock, who thought she slept too long, 115
Leap'd up, and wak'd his mistress with his tongue.
'T was then, Belinda, if report say true,

With wit well-natured, and with books well-bred:
His heart, his mistress, and his friend did share,
His time, the Muse, the witty, and the fair.

6 Why should I stay? Both parties rage;
My vixen mistress squalls;
The wits in envious feuds engage;

I knew Ardelia could not quote the best;
Who, like her mistress on Britannia's throne,
Fights and subdues in quarrels not her own.

He said; when Shock, who thought she slept too long,
Leap'd up, and waked his mistress with his tongue.
'Twas then, Belinda, if report say true,

Bring sometimes with you Lady Rich,
And sometimes Mistress Howard;
For virgins, to keep chaste, must go

Too-hoo, this is brave;
Even the cold wind is seeking a new mistress.

***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK To His Coy Mistress***

of Little T. C.,** or " The Fair Singer,'* or " To
his Coy Mistress," where light fancy turns at the
close to a deeper passion. The graceful lines