beastmistress

English

Etymology

From beast +‎ mistress.

Noun

beastmistress (plural beastmistresses)

1. A female beastmaster.
   • 1982 October, Playboy, volume 29, number 10, page 7:

     Now she burns bright in the forests of a film called The Beastmaster and throws down her spears for our portfolio unfolding on page 150. Contributing Photographer Richard Fegley caught the beastmistress in his sights for our cover.

   • 1993, Cassie Edwards, Shirl Henke, Kathryn Kramer, Eugenia Riley, An Old-Fashioned Valentine, New York, N.Y.: Leisure Books, →ISBN, pages 124–125:

     He spilled a puddle of ink on the hotel registry, shuddering at the thought of sharing a bed with that foul-mouthed, knife-wielding beastmistress.

   • 2003 November/December, Inferno!, number 39, page 3:

     The lands north of Naggaroth are bitter and inhospitable even for Belithi – a beastmistress of Karond Kar – and her hunting party.

   • 2007, Mia Balwyn, The Australian Woman’s Survival Guide, Pier 9, →ISBN, page 17:

     […] although crocodiles exert a great deal of pressure when biting down, the jaw muscles in even the largest crocs are relatively weak. That means it’s possible, under expert supervision of course, for you to play beastmistress, should you be so inclined.

   • 2008, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe‎^[1], →ISBN:

     After defeating the Earth controller Lord Gaea and his minions, Drax and Mar-Vell fell victim to the drugged wine of faunish Dionysus, who preferred partying to killing, and had the two heroes taken to Paradise, where they faced beastmistress Elysius.

   • 2015, Anthony Nanson, Deep Time, Hawthorn Press, →ISBN:

     Makela waltzes past, her feathered cape swirling. She’s the shaman, the beastmistress. It’s us who are the beasts.