mistress

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1. 1.A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it. A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic. Addison.
2. 2.A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] Clarendon.
3. 3.A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually. Spectator.
4. 4.A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper.
5. 5.A married woman; a wife. [Scot.] Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening. Sir W. Scott.
6. 6.The old name of the jack at bowls. Beau. & Fl. To be one's own mistress, to be exempt from control by another person.
7. 7.To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] Donne.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it. A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic. Addison called?
• What is a woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] Clarendon called?
• What is a woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually. Spectator called?
• What is a married woman; a wife. [Scot.] Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening. Sir W. Scott called?
• What is the old name of the jack at bowls. Beau. & Fl. To be one's own mistress, to be exempt from control by another person called?
• What is to wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] Donne called?