mistress
female who is in a sexual relationship, where the other or both parties to the relationship are also in another committed relationship (usually marriage)
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Summary
mistress is an occupation[1]. mistress ranks in the top 3% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,074 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: concubine[3], consort[4], lifestyle[5], female lover[6]
- Commons category: Mistresses[7]
- Said to be the same as: female lover[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mistresses[9]
- Partially coincident with: cohabitor[10]
- Has characteristic: female[11]
- Different from: madrasa[12], female teacher[13], Amante[14]
- Female form of label: פילגש[15], Mätresse[16], amante[17], maîtresse[18], любовница[19], metresa[20], amantă[21]
Why It Matters
mistress has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] mistress is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]