The term mistress is the feminine form of the word master. It has a few related meanings:
A mistress is the female lover of a person, usually one who is married or in a committed relationship with another. In some systems of nobility (especially in the case of royalty), mistresses had official titles and positions at court. See intimate relationship.
Mistress is also an old form of address for a woman, for example Mistress Quickly in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. The titleMistress did not distinguish between married and unmarried women. The title Mrs. is an abbreviation of Mistress, and the titles Miss and Ms. are also derived from it.
A mistress (in full, schoolmistress) was also a female schoolteacher. The term is now generally obsolete except in Britishpublic schools. The term 'Headmistress' also survives in some American and Commonwealth private schools. See Master.
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Example Usage of Mistress
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