mistress

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  mistress    property man  

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mistress/ˈmɪstrəs/

▶noun

• 1 a woman in a position of authority or control.

  ■ Brit. a female schoolteacher.

  ■ the female owner of a dog, cat, etc.

  ■ archaic a female head of a household.

• 2 a woman skilled in a particular subject or activity: a mistress of the sound bite.

• 3 a woman (other than the man's wife) who is having a sexual relationship with a married man.

  ■ archaic or literary a woman loved and courted by a man.

• 4 (Mistress) archaic or dialect Mrs.

– origin ME: from OFr. maistresse, from maistre ‘master’.

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property man (or mistress)

▶noun dated a person in charge of theatrical props.