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mistress

[mis-tris] / ˈmɪs trɪs /


NOUN
woman in extramarital relationship
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He enrolled Morishita with a strict and formidable ballet mistress called Michiko Suwa.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Vibe: The more than century-old pool at the Annenberg Community Beach House was once part of the seaside mansion that William Randolph Hearst built for his mistress, actress Marion Davies.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

"You chose to take your final flight in my arms on the evening of May 14, to join your mistress who loved you so much," she said.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

It’s hard to imagine his administration being competent enough to fake such actions without at least one conspiracist letting the secret out, even by drunkenly bragging about it to a would-be mistress.

From Salon May 13, 2026

For once Penelope found herself agreeing with her mistress, and not just about dessert.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The result is that midlife crises have become a lot less wild: fewer mistresses and motorcycles and more medical visits.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

Under Holinshed's assertion that Richard the Lionheart was "not very notorious," Milton added: "the booke of Provenzall poets numbers him in / the catalogue, telling of his poetrie, and his Provenzal / mistresses."

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

So there was this constant contradiction in their lives, but ultimately they were not the mistresses of their own destinies.

From Salon Feb. 27, 2024

Between 1999 and 2015, the Post Office prosecuted hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses after faults with the Horizon accounting system made it look like money was missing.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2024

My progress in all my subjects astounded the mistresses.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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