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 or kept woman is a woman who is in a relatively long-term sexual and romantic relationship with someone who is married to a different person.
Description
A mistress is usually in a long-term good relationship with a person who is ...
, a female lover of a married man
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Royal mistress
A royal mistress is the historical position and sometimes unofficial title of the extramarital lover of a monarch or an heir apparent, who was expected to provide certain services, such as sexual or romantic intimacy, companionship, and advice ...
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Maîtresse-en-titre
The ''maîtresse-en-titre'' () was the official royal mistress of the King of France.
The title was vaguely defined and used in the Middle Ages but finally became an acknowledged, if informal, position during the reign of Henry IV (), and c ...
, official mistress of a French king
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 n ...
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Mistress (college), a female college head
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Mistress of the Robes of the UK Royal Household
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schoolmaster
A schoolmaster, or simply master, is a male school teacher. The usage first occurred in England in the Late Middle Ages and early modern period. At that time, most schools were one-room or two-room schools and had only one or two such teacher ...
In ancient religions
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Despoina
Despoina or Despoena (; ) was the epithet of a goddess worshipped by the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece as the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon and the sister of Arion. Surviving sources refer to her exclusively under the title ''Des ...
, a Greek goddess referred to as "the mistress"
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Potnia ("mistress lady"), a title for a Greek goddess
In arts and entertainment
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Mistress (band), a band from Birmingham, England
* ''Mistress'', a band from Germany, fronted by
Angela Gossow
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''Mistress'' (1992 film)
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''Mistress'' (1987 film)
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''Mistresses'' (British TV series)
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''Mistresses'' (American TV series)
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''Mistress'' (TV series)
* "Mistress", a song by Disturbed from ''
Believe''
* "Mistress", a song by Rebecca Ferguson from ''
Superwoman
Superwoman is the name of several fictional characters in DC Comics. Most of them are, like Supergirl, women with powers similar to those of Superman, such as flight, invulnerability, and enhanced strength.
In 1942, DC Comics trademarked the n ...
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* "Mistress", a song by Suede from ''
The Blue Hour''
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''Mistress'' (novel), by James Patterson, 2013
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Mistress Isabelle Brooks
Mistress Isabelle Brooks (real first name Israel; born July 14, 1998) is an American drag queen who competed on the fifteenth season of the television show ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and the tenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. Born ...
, American drag queen
Other uses
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Dominatrix
A dominatrix ( ; or dominatrices ), or domme, is a woman who takes the dominant role in BDSM activities. The BDSM practice is called female dominance, or femdom. A dominatrix can be of any sexual orientation, but this does not necessarily l ...
, in BDSM
See also
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The Mistress (disambiguation) The Mistress may refer to:
Film and television
* The Mistress (1927 film), ''The Mistress'' (1927 film), a German silent film
* The Mistress (1953 film), ''The Mistress'' (1953 film), or ''Vassa Zheleznova'', a Soviet film
* The Mistress (1962 fi ...
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