mistress
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“Rebecca was still mistress of Manderley,” the narrator worries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
At least Harold Macmillan understood, to use the parlance of his time, that history was a cruel mistress and was sure to leave him behind.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025
A cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank, Frailties of Fashion, shows just such a scene, with the prince arm in arm with his long-term mistress, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and the diminutive Duchess of York; both women are padded.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
Italy's culture minister has resigned after a row over the appointment of his former mistress as a top adviser caused weeks of controversy for the the country's right-wing government.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
The master and mistress, and their kin, and one child she had borne were in that house—which she did not enter.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing mistress
"The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (Excerpt 3)
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 2
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