Lesbian vs Mistress - What's the difference?
lesbian | mistress |
(of a woman) Homosexual; preferring female romantic or sexual partners.
(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two women; homosexual.
* 2011 , Michael Bruce, ?Robert M. Stewart, College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone (ISBN 1444341448), page 32:
(especially of an institution or group) Intended for lesbians.
* 2000 , Bonnie Zimmerman, Encyclopedia of lesbian and gay histories and cultures , volume 1, page 135:
* 2008 , Carl Abbott, How cities won the West: four centuries of urban change , page 283:
A homosexual female, a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women.
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
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, title= A female teacher.
A female partner in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
A dominatrix.
* 2006 , Amelia May Kingston, The Triumph of Hope (page 376)
A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
* Addison
A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
(Scotland) A married woman; a wife.
* Sir (Walter Scott)
(obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.
female companion to a master
As nouns the difference between lesbian and mistress
is that lesbian is a native or inhabitant of lesbos while mistress is (archaic) used as the title of a married woman before her name now used only in the abbreviated form mrs .As an adjective lesbian
is of or pertaining to the island of lesbos.lesbian
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is lesbian .
- She's involved in a lesbian relationship.
- Lesbian marriage is still illegal in some nations.
- We're going to a lesbian bar tonight.
- Some lesbians also felt comfortable in the entertainment clubs in the black section of the city; these clubs were not lesbian but were lesbian friendly.
- Openly gay poets such as Allen Ginsberg were prominent among the beats, and many North Beach bars were gay and lesbian as well as bohemian.
Synonyms
* , gay (preferred by some lesbians), homosexual (not specific to female homosexuality) * , gay (preferred by some lesbians), homosexual (not specific to female homosexuality)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* sapphist * (offensive) Amy-John, beaver eater, beanflicker, boondagger, bulldiker, bulldyker, carpet muncher, clam smacker, crack snacker, cunt-lapper, donut bumper, dyke, lesbianist, lezzer, lezzie, lezzo, rug muncher, scissor sister, todger dodger, vagitarian, clitorist * See alsoHypernyms
* LGBT * gay * homosexual * queerDerived terms
* hasbian * wasbianSee also
*Anagrams
* * ----mistress
English
Noun
(es)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress , and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.}}
- As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
- A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
- (Clarendon)
- Several of the neighbouring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Usage notes
In the sexual sense, mistress is narrowly taken to mean a woman involved in a committed'' extramarital relationship (an affair), often supported financially (a kept woman). It is broadly taken to mean a woman involved in an extramarital relationship regardless of the level of commitment, but requires more than a single act of adultery.Tiger Woods Does Not Have 11 “Mistresses”: His many paramours aren’t committed enough to merit that term.by Jesse Sheidlower, '', Dec. 10, 2009.