as in concubine
a female other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship
tired of being the other woman, she gave him an ultimatum: divorce his wife or take a hike
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Recent Examples of other woman
The Banner said that the new accusers came forward after seeing other women talking about having similar experiences with Tucker.
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Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
What To Know Musk is already known to have had 12 children with three other women: his ex-wife Justine Wilson, Canadian singer Grimes, and Shivon Zilis, who works as an executive at his company Neuralink.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Nine other women also attended, all vying for the opportunity to land a spot on the one professional men’s team in the country that would have them.
—Shakeia Taylor, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
In Looking Forward, the pop star, Oliver, takes cocaine, MDMA, and pills, sexts other women, and threatens suicide if Mallory were to leave him.
—Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
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Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
What To Know Musk is already known to have had 12 children with three other women: his ex-wife Justine Wilson, Canadian singer Grimes, and Shivon Zilis, who works as an executive at his company Neuralink.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Nine other women also attended, all vying for the opportunity to land a spot on the one professional men’s team in the country that would have them.
—Shakeia Taylor, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
In Looking Forward, the pop star, Oliver, takes cocaine, MDMA, and pills, sexts other women, and threatens suicide if Mallory were to leave him.
—Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for other woman
Noun
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Soft, sheer fabrics rustled against the interior walls as Anula surged through the concubine estate.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Faces painted white, surrounded by concubines of every gender, Emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) are utterly taken with the barbarian who can recite Virgil while covered in another man’s blood, after Macrinus presents Lucius in a private showcase.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Amanda’s cause of death is determined to be strangulation, and the series soon presents other possible suspects: the older man Ebba was involved with and the husband of Harald’s mistress, Mira.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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Any Vanderpump Rules fan will remember Ariana Maddix calling his mistress a dementor, so this reference feels particularly apt.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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Not having sub-zero weather and a few feet of snow on the ground also improves access for a set of potential film lovers, especially those with physical or other disabilities.—
David Bloom,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The shows draw gem lovers of all kinds, from consumers shopping for crystals to high-end designers like Lauren Harwell Godfrey and James de Givenchy of Taffin, who use the occasion to hunt for the components of their upcoming high jewelry collections.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Other woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/other%20woman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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