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Mistress has two major meanings; it is the feminine form of Master and in the UK, school teachers are often known as school masters or school mistresses.
It comes from the French and originally (14c) meant a female teacher. In the 15th century it took on the meanings of a woman in charge of people.
It can also mean a female lover, usually the lover of a man married to another woman.
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What is the meaning of the name Martha?
mistress of the house
What is the archaic connotation of the word mistress as used in Shakespeare s Sonnet 130?
His mistress in this poem is his beloved. That is not a particularly obsolete meaning.
What does the name 'Martha' mean?
The feminine proper given name 'Martha' derives from the Aramaic 'Maretha', literally meaning 'lady, mistress', which is the feminine variant of 'mar, mara', literally meaning 'lord, master'.
What is The meaning of quaint honor as in Andrew marvell's poem to his coy mistress?
well on the contrary...
Is mrs a conjunction?
No. The abbreviation (Mrs.) is a title, an honorific meaning "mistress" or "married woman."
What is the meaning of damed?
A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady., The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school., A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman., A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds.
What is the meaning of mistriss?
Assuming you meant mistress, there are two separate class of usage. Mistress could mean a senior teacher or am employer of a house maid. The alternate meaning is that of a kept woman, i.e. a woman in sexual union with a man and maintained by that man.
What are other words meaning missus?
missus is the dialect for mistress. wife is another word for missus.
What is the Italian word for having a woman on the side?
In Italian, the word used is "goomatta", meaning mistress or girlfriend.
Do you say mistresses of ceremonies or mistress's of ceremonies if there are two women?
The secondary slang meaning of "mistress" is so prevalent, that you'd say neither. You say, "And here are our emcees, Jane and Sally!" or "Here is our emcee, Jane!" "emcee" is "MC", which stands for Mistress of Ceremonies as easily as it does for Master of Ceremonies.
Do you say Mistress of ceremony or Mistress of ceremonies?
The female version of Master is Mistress, thus it would be Mistress of Ceremony. "Mistress of Ceremonies" would be the plural, and would only be used if you were the Mistress of Ceremony for multiple ceremonies.
What is the meaning of the Afrikaans word 'houvrou'?
A "houvrou" is the afrikaans word for a mistress. The direct translation is "keep woman".
