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, v.t. To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
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