dominatrix

noun

do·mi·na·trix ˌdä-mi-ˈnā-triks

plural dominatrices ˌdä-mi-ˈnā-trə-sēz

-nə-ˈtrī-sēz

also dominatrixes

: a woman who physically or psychologically dominates her partner in a sadomasochistic encounter

broadly : a dominating woman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The woman who had once posed as a dominatrix, suddenly found herself in handcuffs. —

Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 3 June 2023 For example, Savannah Sly, a longtime dominatrix who shuttles between Vermont and Seattle, remembers a frightful instance 20 years ago, when payment platforms were in their infancy. —

Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023 Byer took on Berrin's script and, together, the duo created the raucously funny Power Dynamics, which chronicles the office antics that ensue after a moonlighting dominatrix is hired as her sub's executive assistant. —

Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Jan. 2023 The wall held black leather masks, gas masks, long silver chains and leather restraints, and what the dominatrix would later inform me was a device used for low-grade electric shocks. —

Laurie Segall, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2022 Fans of Strickland’s work don’t come to his films expecting likable characters, although some of them earn a kind of empathy from the audience (see, for example, Toby Jones’ terrified sound engineer in Berberian or Sidse Babett Knudsen’s long-suffering dominatrix in Duke). —

Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2022 From Neon, Sanctuary follows Hal (Christopher Abbott), the wealthy heir to a hotel empire, and his relationship with a dominatrix, Rebecca (Margaret Qualley). —

Brendan Morrow, The Week, 1 May 2023 The Comedy Central seasons sprinkled in footage of Schumer performing her standup act, conducting irreverent man-on-the-street interviews, and sitting down to chat with interesting, mostly non-famous guests ranging from a Catholic nun to a dominatrix. —

Time, 19 Oct. 2022 Specifically, the scene where Bane is working with a dominatrix. —

Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023 See More

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