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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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A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery
over it. |
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A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has
command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. |
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A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a
wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually. |
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A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a
woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted
forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. |
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A married woman; a wife. |
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The old name of the jack at bowls. |
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To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. |