A woman who governs; correlative to servant, slave, or subject. My mistress here lies murdered in her bed.

The female head of a family.

That which governs; a sovereign. Rome was mistress of the world.

One that commands, or has possession and sovereignty. The queen is mistress of the Indies.

A female who is well skilled in any thing; as, she is mistress of arithmetic.

A woman teacher; an instructress of a school.

Awoman beloved and courted.

A woman in keeping for lewd purposes.

A term of contemptuous address.

To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.