as in girlfriend
a female romantic companion
a number of women have been suggested as the inamorata who inspired such passionate love poetry
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Recent Examples of inamorata
Sebastian’s inamorata, Ellie (Leslie Bibb), is the only daughter of hotel magnate William Collins XII (David Rasche) and his US senator wife, Tigger (Kim Cattrall); and, yes, Tigger is her government name.
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Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
The idyllic scenery also represents the happy ending that Yadra’s lesbian daughter, Zelia, wants to imagine about what happened to her great aunt Nena, who chose to stay behind in Cuba to be with her married inamorata, Antonia.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021
His wife’s popularity with the public kindles Charles’s jealousy, and soon Diana sinks into palace isolation and endless quarreling with the prince, who refuses to give up his affair with longtime inamorata Camilla Parker Bowles (Erin Davie).
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021
This quick test saves him from wasting a bolus of precious (seriously) sperm on a millipede inamorata from the wrong species.
—Emily Willingham, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989.
—Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989.
—Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989.
—Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989.
—Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
The idyllic scenery also represents the happy ending that Yadra’s lesbian daughter, Zelia, wants to imagine about what happened to her great aunt Nena, who chose to stay behind in Cuba to be with her married inamorata, Antonia.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021
His wife’s popularity with the public kindles Charles’s jealousy, and soon Diana sinks into palace isolation and endless quarreling with the prince, who refuses to give up his affair with longtime inamorata Camilla Parker Bowles (Erin Davie).
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021
This quick test saves him from wasting a bolus of precious (seriously) sperm on a millipede inamorata from the wrong species.
—Emily Willingham, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989.
—Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989.
—Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989.
—Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989.
—Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inamorata
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Even with that change from the initial trial, which ended in a hung jury, jurors split on a charge relating to Masterson’s former longtime girlfriend.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2025
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News of the split came amid sightings of Post and new girlfriend Christy Lee, with whom he’s been spotted packing on PDA around the world.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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After four seasons as a bumbling apex predator, Joe faces a new challenge as the show ends: The women are fighting back harder than ever.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Men and women were kept separate, many just sitting on bunk beds and reading books.—
Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Inamorata.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inamorata. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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