Translation
mistress of the house, landlady
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Examples
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The mistress of the house received us very kindly.
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She is the mistress of that big house.
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The maid asked the mistress about the evening meal.
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Our hostesses prepared a lovely party.
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I thanked the landlady and left.
is plus -in-, the feminine suffix, and it covers three English words at once: mistress of a household, landlady of lodgings, and hostess to guests. The English word mistress has drifted somewhere else entirely, so resist the pull - a lover is an , never a . The root also gives , to run a household, and o for housekeeping as an activity.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 13: mastrino, ĉagreni, samideano and 7 more words.