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past mistress

past mistress noun: a female past master.

Noun

past mistress (plural past mistresses)

  1. A female past master.

Forms of past mistress

pluralpast mistresses

Questions about past mistress

What does past mistress mean?
Past mistress means a female past master.
What part of speech is past mistress?
Past mistress is a noun.
What is the plural of past mistress?
The plural of past mistress is past mistresses.

Words near past mistress in the dictionary

  1. past iterative
  2. past life
  3. past lives
  4. past master
  5. past masters
  6. past mistress
  7. past mistresses
  8. past one's prime
  9. past paper
  10. past papers
  11. past participial

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