mistress /misˈtris/

1. (fem of master) a woman employer of servants or head of a house or family
2. A woman (or anything personified as a woman) having power of ownership
3. A woman teacher, esp in a school
4. A woman well-skilled in anything
5. A woman loved and courted by a man (archaic)
6. A woman involved in an established sexual relationship with a married man, sometimes supported by him financially
7. Vocatively madam (archaic and dialect)
8. The jack at bowls (Shakespeare)
9. (with cap) a title corresponding to the modern form Mrs, once prefixed to the name of any woman or girl (archaic or dialect)

1. Principal
2. Leading
3. Ruling

1. To make a mistress of, pay court to as a mistress
2. To address as mistress
3. To become or be mistress of or over
4. (with it) to play the mistress

• holdovers
• hold pace with
• hold play
• holds
• hold someone in hand
• hold sway
• hold sway over
• hold the belt
• hold the field
• hold the floor
• hold the fort
• hold the line
• hold the ring
• hold the road
• hold to
• hold to account
• hold together
• hold to ransom
• hold up
• hold-up
• hold up one's head
• hold-ups
• hold water
• hold with
• hold with the hare and run with the hounds