mistress
noun
us
/ˈmɪs.trəs/ uk
/ˈmɪs.trəs/mistress noun (WOMAN IN CONTROL)
[ S or U ] old-fashioned
a woman who has control over or responsibility for someone or something:
- acephalous
- administrator
- anti-management
- authority
- bureaucrat
- council
- counter-power
- czar
- dean
- deputy
- manipulator
- movers and shakers
- multi-headed
- officer
- officialdom
- troika
- tsar
- vice presidency
- vice president
- vicegerency
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mistress noun (SEXUAL PARTNER)
Edward VII and his mistress, Lillie Langtry