English QUIZ Mistress 03092024Tue

 English QUIZ

Mistress

03092024Tue

First letter M

At least 3 words can be formed out of it without shifting letters

One of the many meanings of the word is a female owner of a dog

What is that 8 lettered word describing one in control over someone or something in good and not so good sense?

Answer

Mistress

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mistress

noun

mis•tress ˈmi-strəs

pluralmistresses

Synonyms of mistress

1

: a woman who has power, authority, or ownership: such as

a

: the female head of a household

the mistress of the house

b

: a woman who employs or supervises servants

The servants did their mistress's bidding without question.

c

: a woman who possesses, owns, or controls something

the mistress of a large fortune

Whether mongrels or thoroughbreds … dogs have shared their masters' and mistresses' experiences in almost all walks of life.—Robert Rosenblum

d

: a woman who is in charge of a school or other establishment : HEADMISTRESS

Mrs. Goddard was the mistress of a school …—Jane Austen

e

: a woman of the Scottish nobility having a status comparable to that of a master (see master sense 3b)

2

a

chiefly British : a female teacher or tutor

b

: a woman who has achieved mastery in some field

She was a mistress of music.

You learn how to chop throats and gouge eyes and stomp insteps … and after eight weeks you're given your diploma, which officially declares you a mistress of unarmed combat.—Arthur R. Miller

c

: a woman considered especially notable for something

After penning several apocalyptic books, she became known as the mistress of doom.

3

: something personified as female that rules, directs, or dominates

… France was master of the Continent, England mistress of the seas.—James MacGregor Burns

Yet he was sharp and self-interested enough (serving, that is, his demanding mistress, Painting) to write more than 400 letters …—Ronald Pickvance

4

a

: a woman other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship

b

archaic : SWEETHEART

5

a

—used archaically as a title prefixed to the name of a married or unmarried woman

b

chiefly Southern US and Midland US

—used as a conventional title of courtesy except when usage requires the substitution of a title of rank or an honorific or professional title before a married woman's surname : MRS. SENSE 1A

6

: an often professional dominatrix

With each addition of pain or restraint, he stiffens slightly, then falls into a deeper calm, a deeper peace, waiting to obey his mistress.—Marianne Apostolides

Let us meet tomorrow by HIS GRACE

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Sherfuddin P