mistressmind

plural mistressminds · alternative mistress-mind

1. humorousnonstandardpossiblyrareA female mastermind.

present singular third person mistressminds · participle present mistressminding · participle past mistressminded · past mistressminded · alternative mistress-mind

1. humorousnonstandardpossiblyrareOf a woman: to mastermind.

   […] crack Public Relations staff mistress[-]minded by Canadian-born Prudence Emery; […]

   1971, Fielding’s New Travel Guide to Europe, page 280

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   Moreover, he seems to be the man most likely to arrange for peace in our time, and therefore he is the constant prey of murderous villains who mistress[-]minded by a bosomy femme fatale (Daliah Lavi).

   1968, Films and Filming, page 49, column 3

   In Reykjavik on October 24th, a group of ladies with splendid names such as Mrs Gerdur Steinthorsdottir mistressminded a virtually total one-day strike by both housewives and employed women.

   1975, The Economist, page 44, column 2

   The single-minded determination of chief executive Wenche has a lot to do with it too: she is determined we are going to like it, and if her success to date is anything to go by, mistressminding well over half the British bottled water market with Perrier alone, never mind Contrex, Volvic and Vichy which she also looks after, then we probably shall.

   1986, Punch, page 53, columns 3–4

   […] a superb new greenfield site at Marlow in the Thames Valley, where under the leadership of Lyndon Haddon, senior products development managers are master- and mistressminding the prosaically named Integrated Systems Operations (yes, another ISO).

   1989, Electric Word, page 20

   […] the widespread publicity surrounding the opening was mistressminded by marketing manager Anne Wogan who tells us that the hotel is aiming at the high-spending executive market and independent visitors… […]

   1993, Hotel & Catering Review, page 15, column 2