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 (9,240 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: concubine[3], consort[4], female lover[5]
- Commons category: Mistresses[6]
- Said to be the same as: female lover[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mistresses[8]
- Partially coincident with: cohabitor[9]
- Has characteristic: female[10]
- Different from: madrasa[11], female teacher[12], Amante[13]
- Female form of label: פילגש[14], Mätresse[15], amante[16], maîtresse[17], любовница[18], metresa[19], amantă[20]
Why It Matters
mistress has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] mistress is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]