Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (''master'' + ''-ess'') and may refer to:
Romance and relationships
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Mistress (lover)
A mistress is a woman who is in a relatively long-term sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a different woman.
Description
A mistress is in a long-term relationship with her attached mister, and is often referred to ...
, a term for a woman who is in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a different woman
Title or form of address
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Mistress (form of address)
Mistress is an old form of address for a woman. It implies "lady of the house", especially a woman who is head of a household with domestic workers.
An example is Mistress Quickly in Shakespeare's ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''. The title did not ...
, an old-fashioned term for the lady of the house
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Ms.
Ms. (American English) or Ms (British English; normally , but also , or when unstressed)''Oxford English Dictionary'' online, Ms, ''n.2''. Etymology: "An orthographic and phonetic blend of Mrs ''n.1'' and miss ''n.2'' Compare mizz ''n.'' The pr ...
, original abbreviation
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Mistress (college)
A master (more generically called a head of house or head of college) is the head or senior member of a college within a collegiate university, principally in the United Kingdom.
The actual title of the head of a college varies widely between i ...
, a female head of a college
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Mistress of the Robes, the senior lady of the British Royal Household
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schoolmaster, also called a schoolmistress or "schoolmarm"
In ancient religions
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Isis
Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingd ...
, Egyptian goddess known as the mistress of the house of life
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Hathor
Hathor ( egy, ḥwt-ḥr, lit=House of Horus, grc, Ἁθώρ , cop, ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ, Meroitic: ) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky ...
, Egyptian goddess known as the mistress of the west
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Nepthys, Egyptian goddess of the underworld, known as the mistress of the temple
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Despoina, a Greek title for the mistress of the house, applied to various women and goddesses
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Potnia theron, or mistress of the animals, a title applied by Homer to the Greek goddess Artemis
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Potnia ("Mistress"), a title applied to various Greek goddesses
* Mistress of the
labyrinth
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (, ) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the ...
, in the palace of Knossos in Crete
In arts and entertainment
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Mistress (band)
Mistress were a British extreme metal band from Birmingham, England. The members of this five-piece band adopted pseudonyms as stage-names including: Drunken and Misery on guitars, Dirty Von Arse on bass, Dave Cunt on vocals and Migg on drums. ...
, a sludge metal/grindcore band from Birmingham, England
* ''Mistress'', a split-up death metal band from Germany, fronted by
Angela Gossow
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''Mistress'' (1992 film)
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''Mistress'' (1987 film) starring Victoria Principal
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''Mistresses'' (British TV series)
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''Mistresses'' (American TV series), American adaptation of the UK series
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''Mistress'' (TV series), South Korean adaptation of the UK series
* "Mistress", a song by Disturbed from ''
Believe
Believe may refer to:
*Belief, a psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true, with or without proof for such proposition
*Faith, a belief in something which has not been proven
Arts, entertainment, and me ...
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* "Mistress", a song by Rebecca Ferguson from ''
Superwoman''
* "Mistress", a song by Suede from ''
The Blue Hour''
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''Mistress'' (novel), a 2013 novel by James Patterson
Other uses
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Dominatrix
A dominatrix (; ) or femdom is a woman who takes the dominant role in BDSM activities. A dominatrix can be of any sexual orientation, but this does not necessarily limit the genders of her submissive partners. Dominatrices are known for inflic ...
, in BDSM
See also
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The Mistress (disambiguation)
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