dominatrix

Etymology

From Latin dominatrix.

noun

1. A dominating woman; a female dominator.
2. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.
   Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury. 2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel, page 296
   But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing. 2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, page 226
   I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal. 2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker, page 134