mistress of the household

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She played inscrutable head games with the mistress of the household, my boyfriend’s mother, whom she had known since childhood.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2015

Blanche Yurka as the mistress of the household, becomes, at times, a tragic figure, notably at the end of Act II when she prays to the Virgin for strength to keep her Spanish down.

From Time Magazine Archive

In another seven years the housekeeper died, a gaunt grey ruin, and Anna at sixteen became mistress of the household, with a small sister to cherish and control.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

The Pilgrim Fathers got along without chambermaids; and even at a much later period chambermaids worked at least under the supervision of a mistress of the household.

From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Eaton, Walter Prichard

I was treated with the utmost respect, as if I were mistress of the household, but I was a prisoner.

From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard