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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Recent Examples of mistress
Often, these big prestigious shows either exclude Black women (Succession) or treat them as afterthoughts (The White Lotus) but in Paradise, characters that could be one-dimensional (the mistress, the wife, the daughter) have depth and nuance.
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Brianna would be furious to know that Cassidy thinks of her, even half seriously, as his teen-aged mistress.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Desperate to interest the teen-aged mistress in stately old Victorian-era architecture.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The Moon may be a harsh mistress, but hopefully not too harsh.
—Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Brianna would be furious to know that Cassidy thinks of her, even half seriously, as his teen-aged mistress.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Desperate to interest the teen-aged mistress in stately old Victorian-era architecture.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The Moon may be a harsh mistress, but hopefully not too harsh.
—Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistress
Noun
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Her cleverness catches the eye of Jinshi, a beautiful eunuch who oversees the Rear Palace’s operations, and Maomao is soon promoted to lady-in-waiting and taste tester to one of the Emperor’s favorite concubines.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
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Beverly ends up doing something he’s not done before — falling deeply for one of their patients/lovers, actress Claire (Geneviève Bujold).—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Mistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistress. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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