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nounan adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
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nouna woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
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nouna woman master who directs the work of otherstype of:
Definition that contains mistress
- woman a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man
- hamilton English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)
- samson (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
- cleopatra beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
- braun the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)
- delilah (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
- leto wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology
- gwynn English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)
- heloise student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164)
- montespan French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)