dominatrix
[dom-uh-ney-triks]
- a woman who plays the dominant role in a sado-masochistic sexual relationship or encounter.
- a woman who dominates.
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Origin of dominatrix
Usage note
See -trix.
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They are personally invested in my growth not only as a dominatrix but as a kinkster and a person.
This uniqueness is a trait that she attributes to her early success as a dominatrix.
She derives no sexual pleasure from her dominatrix gig, she says, but still likes “the arousal of the ego.”
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May 22, 2014
He even gets a wax candle pulled out of his ass by a dominatrix.
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February 17, 2014
Before long, however, she shines as the dominatrix of the later sequences.
dominatrix
- a woman who is the dominant sexual partner in a sadomasochistic relationship
- a dominant woman
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin, fem of dominātor, from dominārī to be lord over
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Word Origin and History for dominatrix
n.
"dominant female entity," attested since 1560s, though not in quite the usual modern sense ("Rome ... dominatrix of nations" [1561]). See domination + -trix. Modern BDSM sense attested by 1976.
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