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Mistress

A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.

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Chatelaine 76% connected

An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used ad…

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Concubine 76% connected

A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.

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Courtesan 76% connected

A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.

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Doxy 76% connected

A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart.

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Paramour 76% connected

A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the righ…

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Employer 76% connected

One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

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Lover 76% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

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Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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Schoolma'am 92% connected

A schoolmistress.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Schoolmistress 92% connected

A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.

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Academy noun · 78% connection

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a ra…

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Archbishop noun · 78% connection

A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suf…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisd…

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Chief noun · 78% connection

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority w…

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Commander noun · 78% connection

A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

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Dame noun · 78% connection

The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

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Doe noun · 78% connection

A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female…

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Domain noun · 78% connection

Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.

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Exercise noun · 78% connection

That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline…

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Female adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.

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Forewoman noun · 78% connection

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.

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Governess noun · 78% connection

A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of c…

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Gymnasium noun · 78% connection

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

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Gymnastical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrest…

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Gymnastics noun · 78% connection

Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or chara…

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Head adjective · 78% connection

Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.

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Huswife noun · 78% connection

A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman.

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Jurisdiction adjective · 78% connection

The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judi…

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