English-Thai Dictionary

mistress

N นาย ผู้หญิง  เจ้านาย ผู้หญิง  เจ้าของ ที่ ผู้หญิง  housekeeper chaperone nai-phu-ying

 

mistress

N ผู้หญิง ผู้ชำนาญ ด้าน ใด ด้าน หนึ่ง  ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ หญิง  phu-ying-ti-cham-nan-nai-dan-dai-dan-nuang

 

mistress

N ภรรยาลับ  อนุภรรยา  ภรรยาน้อย  เมียน้อย  เมียเก็บ  courtesan paramour concubine ladylove pan-ra-ya-lab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISTRESS

n.[L. magistra. ] 1. A woman who governs; correlative to servant, slave, or subject.
My mistress here lies murdered in her bed.
2. The female head of a family.
3. That which governs; a sovereign. Rome was mistress of the world.
4. One that commands, or has possession and sovereignty. The queen is mistress of the Indies.
5. A female who is well skilled in any thing; as, she is mistress of arithmetic.
6. A woman teacher; an instructress of a school.
7. A woman beloved and courted.
8. A woman in keeping for lewd purposes.
9. A term of contemptuous address.

 

MISTRESS

v.t.To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.

 

MISTRESS-SHIP

n.Female rule or dominion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MISTRESS

Mis "tress, n. Etym: [OE. maistress, OF. maistresse, F. maîtresse, LL. magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See Master, Mister, and cf. Miss a young woman. ]

 

1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc. ; the female head of a family, a school, etc. The late queen's gentlewoman! a knight's daughter! To be her mistress' mistress! Shak.

 

2. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it. A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic. Addison.

 

3. A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic ] Clarendon.

 

4. A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually. Spectator.

 

5. A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs. , for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul ). Cowper.

 

6. A married woman; a wife. [Scot. ] Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening. Sir W. Scott.

 

7. The old name of the jack at bowls. Beau. & Fl. To be one's own mistress, to be exempt from control by another person.

 

MISTRESS

MISTRESS Mis "tress, v. i.

 

Defn: To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs. ] Donne.

 

MISTRESSSHIP

MISTRESSSHIP Mis "tress *ship, n.

 

1. Female rule or dominion.

 

2. Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun. [Obs. ] Massinger.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mistress

mis tress |ˈmistris ˈmɪstrɪs | ▶noun 1 a woman in a position of authority or control: she is always mistress of the situation, coolly self-possessed | figurative : work is an unforgiving, implacable mistress. • a woman who is skilled in a particular subject or activity: a mistress of the sound bite, she is famed for the acidity of her tongue. • the female owner of a dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. • [ with modifier ] chiefly Brit. a female schoolteacher who teaches a particular subject: a Geography mistress. • archaic a female head of a household: he asked for the mistress of the house. • (esp. formerly ) a female employer of domestic staff. 2 a woman having an extramarital sexual relationship, esp. with a married man: Elsie knew her husband had a mistress tucked away somewhere. • archaic or literary a woman loved and courted by a man. 3 (Mistress ) archaic or dialect used as a title prefixed to the name of a married woman; Mrs. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French maistresse, from maistre ‘master. ’

 

Mistress of the Robes

Mistress of the Robes ▶noun (in the English royal household ) a woman of high rank in charge of the Queen's wardrobe.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mistress

mis |tress |ˈmɪstrɪs | ▶noun 1 a woman in a position of authority or control: she is always mistress of the situation, coolly self-possessed. • [ with modifier ] Brit. a female schoolteacher who teaches a particular subject: a Geography mistress. • a woman who is skilled in a particular subject or activity: a mistress of the sound bite, she is famed for the acidity of her tongue. • the female owner of a dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. • archaic a female head of a household: he asked for the mistress of the house. • (especially formerly ) a female employer of domestic staff. 2 a woman (other than the man's wife ) having a sexual relationship with a married man. • archaic or literary a woman loved and courted by a man. 3 (Mistress ) archaic or dialect used as a title prefixed to the name of a married woman; Mrs. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French maistresse, from maistre ‘master ’.

 

Mistress of the Robes

Mistress of the Robes ▶noun (in the English royal household ) a woman of high rank in charge of the Queen's wardrobe.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mistress

mistress noun her husband's mistress turned out to be one of her friends: lover, girlfriend, kept woman; courtesan, concubine, hetaera; informal the other woman; archaic paramour.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mistress

mistress noun his wife never found out about his mistress: lover, girlfriend, paramour, kept woman, live-in lover; courtesan, concubine, inamorata, hetaera, sultana; informal fancy woman, bit on the side, gun moll, (little ) bit of fluff; dated lady-love; archaic doxy, leman.

 

Duden Dictionary

Mistress

Mis t ress Substantiv, feminin , die |M i stress ˈmɪstrɪs |die Mistress; Genitiv: der Mistress, Plural: die Mistresses |[…sɪz ] |aus englisch mistress = Herrin, Gebieterin, dies aus gleichbedeutend altfranzösisch maistresse, Mätresse 1 (ohne Artikel )englische Anrede für eine [verheiratete ] Frau in Verbindung mit dem Namen Abkürzung: Mrs. , englisch Mrs 2 veraltet Hausfrau, Herrin, Lehrerin

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mistress

mis tress /mɪ́strəs /〖master (主人 )ess (女性 )〗名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /C 1 〖通例one 's ～〗(既婚男性と性的関係のある )愛人 , めかけ , 情婦 (!loverを用いる方がよい ) .2 ｟かたく ｠女性支配者 [名人 ], 有能な女性 ; 〖時にM -〗女王, 支配者 ▸ be (a [the ]) mistress of A 〈女性が 〉A 〈場面 状況など 〉を自由にできる, 思うようにできる ; A 〈行動など 〉がとても得意である 3 ｟英 やや古 ｠(主にパブリックスクールの )女性教師 (｟男女共用 ｠(school ) teacher, tutor )▸ the history mistress 歴史の女教師 4 〖通例one 's ～〗(犬 馬などの )女性の飼い主 , 所有者 (｟男女共用 ｠owner ).5 ｟やや古 ｠〖通例one 's ～〗女主人 , おかみ (｟男女共用 ｠manager ).6 ｟古 ｠〖M- 〗…夫人 , 様 (!女性への敬称; 今のMs., Mrs. , Missに当たる ) .語法 schoolmistressなど語尾に 「名人 教師 主人 」を表すmistressが付く複合語の使用は近年激減している. 特に職業を表す場合は性差別的であるとされ避けられる (→woman 1 事情 ).