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Word entry · 8 letters

mistress

Best crossword clue

"Female lover"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɪs.tɹɪs/Part of speech nounSorted eimrssstStarts with MEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a woman master who directs the work of others

Word origin

From Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse (whence French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). By surface analysis, mist(e)r + -ess.

Used in a sentence

  • She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.
  • At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
  • games mistress

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