- Maistress
- Maistress Mais"tress, n. Mistress. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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Mistress — Mis tress, n. [OE. maistress, OF. maistresse, F. ma[^i]tresse, LL. magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See {Master}, {Mister}, and cf. {Miss} a young woman.] 1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To be one's own mistress — Mistress Mis tress, n. [OE. maistress, OF. maistresse, F. ma[^i]tresse, LL. magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See {Master}, {Mister}, and cf. {Miss} a young woman.] 1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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miss — /mis/, it. /mis/ s.f., ingl. [appellativo che, in ingl., si dà a donna non sposata, equivalente a signorina ; abbrev. di mistress signora , dal fr. ant. maistress, mod. maîtresse ]. (massm.) [la migliore di un concorso di bellezza femminile: m.… … Enciclopedia Italiana
