mistresses
- plural of mistress.
Example Sentences
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Descended from King Charles II and one of his mistresses, Richmond numbered among those aristocratic Whigs who dominated the British parliament in the 18th century.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Under Holinshed's assertion that Richard the Lionheart was "not very notorious," Milton added: "the booke of Provenzall poets numbers him in / the catalogue, telling of his poetrie, and his Provenzal / mistresses."
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
So there was this constant contradiction in their lives, but ultimately they were not the mistresses of their own destinies.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2024
Between 1999 and 2015, the Post Office prosecuted hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses after faults with the Horizon accounting system made it look like money was missing.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024
Now that wasn’t the way on all plantations; there were good masters and mistresses, as I’ve heard tell, but I didn’t happen to come across any of them.”
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
