Mistress vs. Mister

Mistress vs. Mister — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Mistress and Mister

Mistressnoun

A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.

She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.

Misternoun

A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.

You may sit here, mister.

Mistressnoun

A female teacher.

games mistress

Misternoun

(obsolete) Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.

Mistressnoun

The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.

Misternoun

A kind, type of.

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Mistressnoun

A dominatrix.

Misternoun

(obsolete) Need (of something).

Mistressnoun

A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.

Misternoun

(obsolete) Necessity; the necessary time.

Mistressnoun

A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.

Misternoun

A device that makes or sprays mist.

Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.
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Mistressnoun

(Scotland) A married woman; a wife.

Misterverb

(transitive) To address by the title of "mister".

Mistressnoun

(obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.

Misterverb

To be necessary; to matter.

Mistressnoun

A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership

Misternoun

a form of address for a man

Mistressverb

Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.

Mistressverb

(intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.

Mistressnoun

an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

Mistressnoun

a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

Mistressnoun

a woman master who directs the work of others