other woman

noun

: a woman with whom a married man has an affair
usually used with the

Examples of other woman in a Sentence

tired of being the other woman, she gave him an ultimatum: divorce his wife or take a hike
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About this other woman with all these identifying details—who finds her father hanging in the garage of the family manse—in Falcon’s Flight. Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024 Is that other woman in your life? Abigail Adams, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024 Actually, the Madam and other women at the brothel have taken on the responsibility of caring for an ailing Fengxian, who is unable to take care of herself let alone a child. Kayti Burt, Time, 2 Apr. 2025 Riley Gaines currently leads a lawsuit against the NCAA, alongside several other women who competed with Thomas in 2021-22, over its previous gender identity policy. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for other woman

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of other woman was in 1855

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“Other woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20woman. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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