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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On Wednesday, before the caucus’ announcement, The Star reported additional claims from three other women. Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024 At Least 5 People 'Senselessly Murdered' in Shooting at Florida Bank: Police The women were killed on Jan. 23, 2019, after Watson opened fire at SunTrust Bank in Sebring, where Watson, a customer, and the four other women, employees of the bank, were inside. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024 The clip quickly went viral, with countless comments from other women who found validation in Friedman's narrative, or could otherwise relate. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024 Sweeney is, of course, far closer to the culture-at-large’s Platonic ideal of symmetrical blonde womanhood than many, and she is doubtless spared much of the vitriol that other women in the public eye (most women in the TikTok age, really) aren’t. Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024 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 26 Dec. 2024.

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