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- etymology - How did the term Mistress take on two rather different . . .
The Oxford English Dictionary’s earliest citations for mistress are from the fourteenth century when it meant, very broadly, ‘a woman having control or authority’ It had the sense of ‘a woman loved and courted by a man; a female sweetheart’, with no indication of impropriety, very early, perhaps a mere 100 years after its first
- word choice - Gigolo is to man as what is to woman? - English Language . . .
@coleopterist: If you read that Wikipedia entry you'll see that the implication of keptness is historical Today, at least in the U S , the word mistress carries much less, if any, implication of financial support While mistress may still be understood by some to mean kept woman, why not just be explicit and say kept woman? –
- single word requests - What is the opposite of mistress? - English . . .
"He was caught with his mistress " Here, we know that the male is a married person The meaning is clear If he is not married, then we can say "He was caught with his girlfriend " But, how to convey that a married female was caught with her lover a female was caught with her ____
- What is the origin of the phrase Top of the morning to you?
According to the Wikipedia page on him, Samuel Lover was "an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and painter of portraits " He was also a grandfather of the composer Victor Herbert From "Chit Chat," in The Metropolitan (June 1833): Captain O'Sullivan
- What is the male equivalent of mistress in formal English?
The mistress definition, Oxford dictionary a woman having an extramarital sexual relationship, esp with a married man I am looking for the male equivalent of 'mistress' as defined above Some sources on the net come up with 'master' and 'mastress' But I could not find both words in dictionary as male equivalent of mistress
- Word for a Male Mistress - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
As J A said, "paramour" is a gender-neutral equivalent, and a good way to express a "male mistress", so long as there is a some gender-context provided for the reader listener But the question specifically asked for a male-equivalent, not a male-acceptable equivalent
- Single word for women lover - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to misogynist ) is the first result on the Writers' Reverse Dictionary Words that mean "women lover" are philogynist, agapet, mistress, don juan, lawrence, baby, cap, cicisbeo, electra, eros, gallant, gigolo, lady, philander, and philanderer
- Is there a word for a womans female mistress?
Mistress doesn't imply that the man is married; it implies that the couple are not married to one another, and that the woman is kept by the man, as in paid A single man can have a mistress, if he pays most or all of her living expenses in exchange for her sexual availability (and a woman, married or single, could have a mistress (female) or a
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