"യജമാനത്തി" എന്ന വാക്കിന്റെ നിഘണ്ടു നിർവചനം സന്ദർഭത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് വ്യത്യാസപ്പെടാം, എന്നാൽ സാധ്യമായ ചില നിർവചനങ്ങൾ ഇവയാണ്:
"യജമാനത്തി" എന്ന പദത്തിന് നെഗറ്റീവ് അർത്ഥങ്ങളുണ്ടാകുമെന്നത് ശ്രദ്ധിക്കേണ്ടതാണ്, പ്രത്യേകിച്ചും രോഗമുള്ള സ്ത്രീയെ വിവരിക്കാൻ ഇത് ഉപയോഗിക്കുമ്പോൾ വിവാഹിതനായ ഒരു പുരുഷനുമായുള്ള ബന്ധം. സമീപ വർഷങ്ങളിൽ, വിവാഹേതര പ്രണയബന്ധത്തെ വിവരിക്കുന്നതിന് പകരം "പങ്കാളി" അല്ലെങ്കിൽ "പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ട മറ്റ്" എന്ന പദം ഉപയോഗിക്കാറുണ്ട്.
1. When Gettelung led her through two normal doors she was amazed that they were suddenly outside, standing on the edge of a rushing waterfall and long snaking stream, which the Mistress of water controlled, making the current flow the wrong way.
2. Many Apprentices were training when Brooke entered, but the Healing Mistress greeted her warmly, introducing herself as Taretta.
3. Mistress Aqenna had told them ice jungles were native to her homeland.
4. She and Emi lined up amongst the other Novices, as Mistress Casselle gave a speech about how important magical weapons and armour were on missions.
5. Her mistress was reading by the fire and looked up.
6. After a moment Kate lifted her skirts and returned to her mistress, keen to learn of any news Richard had brought.
7. Their mistress stood from her seat and straightened her dress.
8. The others strove to make peace between them, but could not, for the Biscayan declared in his disjointed phrase that if they did not let him finish his battle he would kill his mistress and everyone that strove to prevent him.
9. The confidante is present, observes all, goes to tell her mistress, who listens with tears and says that one of her greatest distresses is not knowing who this knight is, and whether he is of kingly lineage or not the damsel assures her that so much courtesy, gentleness, and gallantry of bearing as her knight possesses could not exist in any save one who was royal and illustrious her anxiety is thus relieved, and she strives to be of good cheer lest she should excite suspicion in her parents, and at the end of two days she appears in public.
10. for we always conversed, whenever good fortune and my ingenuity gave us the chance, with the greatest gaiety and cheerfulness, mingling tears, sighs, jealousies, doubts, or fears with our words it was all on my part a eulogy of my good fortune that Heaven should have given her to me for my mistress I glorified her beauty, I extolled her worth and her understanding and she paid me back by praising in me what in her love for me she thought worthy of praise and besides we had a hundred thousand trifles and doings of our neighbours and acquaintances to talk about, and the utmost extent of my boldness was to take, almost by force, one of her fair white hands and carry it to my lips, as well as the closeness of the low grating that separated us allowed me.