maîtresse en titren.

Brit.

/meɪˌtrɛs ɒn ˈtiːtrə/,

/mɛˌtrɛs ɒn ˈtiːtrə/, U.S.

/ˌmeɪˌtrɛs ɑn ˈtitrə/,

/ˌmɛˌtrɛs ɑn ˈtitrə/

Forms: 1800s– maîtresse en titre, 1900s– maitresse en titre.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French maîtresse en titre.

Etymology: Apparently < French maîtresse en titre (although this expression is not recorded in French dictionaries) < maîtresse mistress n. + en titre (1690; < en in + titre title n.). Compare French maîtresse déclarée which is attested in the same sense.Not fully naturalized in English.

An official or acknowledged mistress.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress > official or recognized

maîtresse en titre1839

1830 Lady Morgan France 1829–30 I. 506 La Vallière..was the first maîtresse titrée since the time of Mad^elle Entragues.]

1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine vi, in Fraser's Mag. July 104/1 We had a great mind to make..Mrs. Catherine maîtresse en titre to Mr. Alexander Pope.

1925 W. J. Locke Great Pandolfo xix. 240 She had been the maîtresse en titre of one of his friends.

1929 S. Runciman Emperor Romanus Lecapenus ii. 42 At first Leo did not dare to marry her: though he took her to the Palace as an acknowledged maîtresse en titre.

1953 M. Steen Anna Fitzalan iii. 72 For two and a half years Anna fulfilled..the functions of a nurse, as well as those of a maîtresse en titre of Evan's household.

1973 D. Chandler Marlborough i. 5 Arabella [Churchill] was..combining the roles of maid-of-honour to the Duchess and maîtresse-en-titre to the Duke, to whom she bore several children.

1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Mar. 6/2 Fernande was Picasso's first maitresse en titre and they lived together..for several years, starting in 1905.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maîtresse en titre
释义	maîtresse en titren. Brit. /meɪˌtrɛs ɒn ˈtiːtrə/, /mɛˌtrɛs ɒn ˈtiːtrə/, U.S. /ˌmeɪˌtrɛs ɑn ˈtitrə/, /ˌmɛˌtrɛs ɑn ˈtitrə/ Forms: 1800s– maîtresse en titre, 1900s– maitresse en titre. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French maîtresse en titre. Etymology: Apparently < French maîtresse en titre (although this expression is not recorded in French dictionaries) < maîtresse mistress n. + en titre (1690; < en in + titre title n.). Compare French maîtresse déclarée which is attested in the same sense.Not fully naturalized in English. An official or acknowledged mistress. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress > official or recognized maîtresse en titre1839 1830 Lady Morgan France 1829–30 I. 506 La Vallière..was the first maîtresse titrée since the time of Mad^elle Entragues.] 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine vi, in Fraser's Mag. July 104/1 We had a great mind to make..Mrs. Catherine maîtresse en titre to Mr. Alexander Pope. 1925 W. J. Locke Great Pandolfo xix. 240 She had been the maîtresse en titre of one of his friends. 1929 S. Runciman Emperor Romanus Lecapenus ii. 42 At first Leo did not dare to marry her: though he took her to the Palace as an acknowledged maîtresse en titre. 1953 M. Steen Anna Fitzalan iii. 72 For two and a half years Anna fulfilled..the functions of a nurse, as well as those of a maîtresse en titre of Evan's household. 1973 D. Chandler Marlborough i. 5 Arabella [Churchill] was..combining the roles of maid-of-honour to the Duchess and maîtresse-en-titre to the Duke, to whom she bore several children. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Mar. 6/2 Fernande was Picasso's first maitresse en titre and they lived together..for several years, starting in 1905. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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