workmistressn.

Brit.

/ˈwəːkˌmɪstrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈwərkˌmɪstrᵻs/

Forms: see work n. and mistress n. and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work n., mistress n.

Etymology: < work n. + mistress n., after workmaster n. In early use also after Middle French, French ouvriere ouvrière n. With use as a personification of nature compare early modern Dutch werkmeesterse (c1560 in a translation of Erasmus, rendering classical Latin opifex opifex n.). Compare earlier workwoman n.

Now rare.

†1. With reference to a goddess, or Nature personified: a producer or creator. Cf. workmaster n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > nature > personified as a female being

naturea1393

motherc1525

workmistress1568

Dame Nature1669

1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lxvii. f. 108^v Nature the great workemistresse [Fr. Nature grande ouuriere].

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 337 I assure you Venus is the work-mistresse [Fr. l'ouuriere] of mutuall concord.

1675 A. Browne Ars Pictoria (ed. 2) App. 22 Since Nature, that Cunning Work-Mistress, is so extremely Various in her Representations.

1877 J. E. Carpenter tr. C. P. Tiele Outl. Hist. Relig. v. 224 Athena, the goddess of art, the ‘workmistress’ (Ergané).

2. A woman who controls or oversees work; spec. (in later use) one who teaches needlework in a school or other institution. Now historical.In extended use in quot. 1641.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > woman

fore-maid1555

workmistress1641

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. F4 [God] by an evident manifestation of the same worke which she acted,..was a well pleasing worke of his owne..had decreed the protection of the work-Mistris [i.e. Elizabeth I].

1665 Devils Conquest (single sheet) She carried home some work one day Unto her Work-Mistrisses home.

1821 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 5 Oct. They have engaged a new Work Mistress.

1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 521/2 The work-mistresses are for basket-making, platting sash-ropes, knitting, and sewing.

1902 T. A. Coghlan Wealth & Progress New S. Wales 1900–1 174 The salaries of work-mistresses range from £86 to £114.

2009 E.-J. Cohen tr. Z. Weygand Blind in French Society vii. 128 13,900 livres for the honoraria of the principal and secondary teachers,..two girls' governesses, workmistresses, four music teachers, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	workmistress
释义	workmistressn. Brit. /ˈwəːkˌmɪstrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwərkˌmɪstrᵻs/ Forms: see work n. and mistress n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work n., mistress n. Etymology: < work n. + mistress n., after workmaster n. In early use also after Middle French, French ouvriere ouvrière n. With use as a personification of nature compare early modern Dutch werkmeesterse (c1560 in a translation of Erasmus, rendering classical Latin opifex opifex n.). Compare earlier workwoman n. Now rare. †1. With reference to a goddess, or Nature personified: a producer or creator. Cf. workmaster n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > nature > personified as a female being naturea1393 motherc1525 workmistress1568 Dame Nature1669 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lxvii. f. 108^v Nature the great workemistresse [Fr. Nature grande ouuriere]. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 337 I assure you Venus is the work-mistresse [Fr. l'ouuriere] of mutuall concord. 1675 A. Browne Ars Pictoria (ed. 2) App. 22 Since Nature, that Cunning Work-Mistress, is so extremely Various in her Representations. 1877 J. E. Carpenter tr. C. P. Tiele Outl. Hist. Relig. v. 224 Athena, the goddess of art, the ‘workmistress’ (Ergané). 2. A woman who controls or oversees work; spec. (in later use) one who teaches needlework in a school or other institution. Now historical.In extended use in quot. 1641. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > woman fore-maid1555 workmistress1641 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. F4 [God] by an evident manifestation of the same worke which she acted,..was a well pleasing worke of his owne..had decreed the protection of the work-Mistris [i.e. Elizabeth I]. 1665 Devils Conquest (single sheet) She carried home some work one day Unto her Work-Mistrisses home. 1821 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 5 Oct. They have engaged a new Work Mistress. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 521/2 The work-mistresses are for basket-making, platting sash-ropes, knitting, and sewing. 1902 T. A. Coghlan Wealth & Progress New S. Wales 1900–1 174 The salaries of work-mistresses range from £86 to £114. 2009 E.-J. Cohen tr. Z. Weygand Blind in French Society vii. 128 13,900 livres for the honoraria of the principal and secondary teachers,..two girls' governesses, workmistresses, four music teachers, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1568
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