Mistress

Mistress may refer to:

Title or form of address

• Mistress (form of address), an old-fashioned term for the lady of the house
• Ms., original abbreviation
• Mistress (college), a female head of a college
• Mistress of the Robes, the senior lady of the British Royal Household

In ancient religions

• Isis, Egyptian goddess known as the mistress of the house of life
• Hathor, Egyptian goddess known as the mistress of the west
• Nepthys, Egyptian goddess of the underworld, known as the mistress of the temple
• Despoina, a Greek title for the mistress of the house, applied to various women and goddesses
• Potnia theron, or mistress of the animals, a title applied by Homer to the Greek goddess Artemis
• Potnia ("Mistress"), a title applied to various Greek goddesses
• Ba'alah ("Mistress"), a title applied to various Levantine goddesses
• Mistress of the labyrinth, in the palace of Knossos in Crete

In arts and entertainment

• Mistress (band), a sludge metal/grindcore band from Birmingham, England
• Mistress, a split-up death metal band from Germany, fronted by Angela Gossow
• Mistress (1992 film)
• Mistress (1987 film) starring Don Murray
• Mistresses (UK TV series)
• Mistresses (U.S. TV series), American adaptation of the UK series
• Mistress (South Korean TV series), Korean adaptation of the UK series
• "Mistress", a song by Disturbed from Believe
• "Mistress", a song by Rebecca Ferguson from Superwoman
• "Mistress" (Suede song), a song by Suede on their 2018 album The Blue Hour
• Mistress (novel), a 2013 novel by James Patterson

Other uses

• Mistress (lover), a woman, other than the spouse, with whom a married individual has a continuing sexual relationship
• Female schoolmaster, also called a schoolmistress or "schoolmarm"
• Dominatrix, in BDSM

See also

• The Mistress (disambiguation)