mistress

He acquired Anthony van Dyck’s highly finished portrait of his mistress, Margaret Lemon, c.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Instead of shedding tears or vowing revenge, we hear the protagonist in the song begging the mistress who holds the power to relinquish it.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

At one point, they came upon previously unseen photographs from Saar’s early career as a costume mistress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 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

Margaret took her frantic mistress by the arm.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Descended from King Charles II and one of his mistresses, Richmond numbered among those aristocratic Whigs who dominated the British parliament in the 18th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

Lee Castleton, a former sub-postmaster, in a recorded video message asks Davey who had told him not to engage with the JFSA, the organisation acting on behalf of sub-postmasters and mistresses, and Alan Bates.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2024

Now that wasn’t the way on all plantations; there were good masters and mistresses, as I’ve heard tell, but I didn’t happen to come across any of them.”

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry