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- Dictionarymistress/ˈmɪstrɪs/
noun
- 1. a woman in a position of authority or control: "she is always mistress of the situation, coolly self-possessed"
- 2. a woman (other than the man's wife) having a sexual relationship with a married man: "Elsie knew her husband had a mistress tucked away somewhere"
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The Oxford English Dictionary’s earliest citations for mistress are from the fourteenth century when it meant, very broadly, ‘a woman having control or authority’. It had the sense of ‘a woman loved and courted by a man; a female sweetheart’, with no indication of impropriety, very early, perhaps a mere 100 years after its first recorded use.
Nov 24, 2011 · The mistress definition, Oxford dictionary. a woman having an extramarital sexual relationship, esp. with a married man. I am looking for the male equivalent of 'mistress' as defined above. Some sources on the net come up with 'master' and 'mastress'. But I could not find both words in dictionary as male equivalent of mistress.
Mar 27, 2017 · Timon, in the last act, is followed by his fickle mistress, &c. after he was reported to have discovered a hidden treasure by digging. The Plays of William Shakespeare 17th volume. Then, I found an ode written by Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) named The Lover recounteth the variable Fancy of his fickle Mistress [emphasis is mine in both quotes]
Aug 10, 2012 · 18. It deliberately has two meanings, using the ambiguity for poetic effect. One meaning of mistress is as the feminine form of master, and hence it is saying nostalgia must be obeyed, (and is harsh). Another meaning of mistress is as a woman one (traditionally based on heterosexist assumptions, a man) has a romantic and/or sexual affair with.
Aug 7, 2012 · The English took the word gigolo from the French in the 1920s. But the word was rather recent in the French language at the time. It had appeared in French, together with its feminine equivalent gigolette, in the middle of the 19 th century. What’s interesting is that there are two suspected origins to the words gigolo and gigolette in French.
Dec 18, 2015 · The use of ‘Mistress’ to denote a married woman is now the least common meaning of the word: it only survives as a dialect form in some parts of the world. When and how did Mistress divorce Mrs? So, the abbreviation for ‘Mrs’ survived, but not the practice of pronouncing it as ‘mistress’: today, the only standard, accepted pronunciation is ‘missus’.
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Mar 19, 2015 · Seducer, charmer, debaucher. +1. Yes, Matt, people tend to interpret certain words used in your OP ie, "seduce", "temptress", exclusively with "sexual" enticement. And because I read your OP as a request for a term not specifically sexual I didn't go for the typical "seducer" angle, i.e., Don Juan etc.
Jan 16, 2017 · John's mistress was well aware that he was a married man. If the other person actively seeks a relation ship with the married person, Home wrecker is used. It's important to note that in the case of Home wrecker, it's implied that the person doing the cheating is less responsible, then the person cheating in the mistress situation.
Dec 19, 2017 · While it may seem obvious now that the phrase 'tan your hide' "takes its origins from the way that leather is processed", the historical evidence suggests that, insofar as the phrase does take its origins from that process, that is the least significant contribution to the original meaning.
