as in concubine
a female other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship
he lavished gifts upon his mistress but completely ignored his wife
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In 1987, Hackman starred opposite Kevin Costner and Sean Young in Roger Donaldson's No Way Out, which finds his desperate government bigwig David Brice with blood on his hands after the accidental murder of his mistress.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s also murder and intrigue involving the secretary’s beautiful mistress, played by Sean Young.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Geolocation data showed that the pilot’s mistress had visited F.S.B. facilities in Moscow.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Stumpp’s mistress and their daughter were also executed and their bodies were burnt alongside his, according to the Melbourne university.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s also murder and intrigue involving the secretary’s beautiful mistress, played by Sean Young.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Geolocation data showed that the pilot’s mistress had visited F.S.B. facilities in Moscow.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Stumpp’s mistress and their daughter were also executed and their bodies were burnt alongside his, according to the Melbourne university.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Mistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistress. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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