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mistressing

mistressing is the present participle and gerund of mistress.

Meaning of mistress

Verb

mistress (third-person singular simple present mistresses, present participle mistressing, simple past and past participle mistressed)

  1. (rare, transitive) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
    • These films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny.2013, Andrea Khalil, North African Cinema in a Global Context: Through the Lens of Diaspora
  2. (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.
    • […] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]1905, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Maid Margaret of Galloway

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Questions about mistressing

What is mistressing the present participle and gerund of?
Mistressing is the present participle and gerund of mistress.

Words near mistressing in the dictionary

  1. mistresse
  2. mistressed
  3. mistresses
  4. mistresses of the robes
  5. mistresshood
  6. mistressing
  7. mistressless
  8. mistressly
  9. mistressmind
  10. mistressminded
  11. mistressminding

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