domina

Lady of house

A domina is a woman who takes the dominant role in BDSM practices, controlling and directing a submissive partner.

The term emphasizes formality and authority more than the casual *dom*: The domina instructed her client to kneel.

Professional dominas offer their services commercially, distinct from lifestyle practitioners.

The male equivalent is *dominus*.

dominatrix

mistress

Illicit female lover

leather · latex · whip · collar · safeword · fetish · kink · submission · roleplay · corset

latin

mistress

Illicit female lover

  • ladyCourteous term for woman
  • matronFemale institutional supervisor
  • householdDomestic unit of residents

Roman · villa · enslaved · servants · familia · authority · noblewoman · patrician · estate · materfamilias

ecclesiastical

abbess

Female monastic leader

religious · nun · order · vows · cloister · community · spiritual · authority · vestments · choir

Categories
Opposites
social/hierarchical power

dominaservant

One employed to serve

slave · bondservant · thrall · handmaid · maidservant

bdsm role dynamics

dominasubmissive

Readily yielding to control

sub · slave · bottom · masochist · pet

gender-specific authority terms

dominamaster

Authority or controller

lord · paterfamilias · sir

Phrases
Family

dominate, dominant, dominance, domination, dominator, domineer, domineering, dominion, predominant

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