Slavemistress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who owns a slave.

    "Sara and Ruth were to be put to kitchen duties. They were greeted by a slavemistress from the Rhineland who barked at them. Sara barked back and was cuffed."

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"Sara and Ruth were to be put to kitchen duties. They were greeted by a slavemistress from the Rhineland who barked at them. Sara barked back and was cuffed."

Etymology

From slave + mistress.

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