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
If Blue Origin's spacecraft gets off the ground as planned Monday morning, Perry, King and four other women will experience a few minutes of weightlessness while gazing upon Earth from the edge of space.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
When Does Katy Perry Go to Space? Perry and the five other women will be taking to the skies on Monday, April 14 at 9:30 a.m. ET at Blue Origin's West Texas launch site in the New Shepard rocket.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Singer Katy Perry, broadcast journalist Gayle King and four other women made history on the voyage by becoming the first all-female space crew in more than 60 years.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
King is joining Sanchez, pop star Katy Perry, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and two other women on the 11th human flight for the Blue Origin New Shepard NS-31 rocket.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
When Does Katy Perry Go to Space? Perry and the five other women will be taking to the skies on Monday, April 14 at 9:30 a.m. ET at Blue Origin's West Texas launch site in the New Shepard rocket.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Singer Katy Perry, broadcast journalist Gayle King and four other women made history on the voyage by becoming the first all-female space crew in more than 60 years.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
King is joining Sanchez, pop star Katy Perry, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and two other women on the 11th human flight for the Blue Origin New Shepard NS-31 rocket.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for other woman
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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Things get more complicated, perverse, even a bit kinky from there when Nevile marries his mistress (Mimi Keene) and then opts to summer at his aunt’s estate – with both his current wife and Audrey, his ex!—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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He and his mistress — Ruth Davenport (Mary Stofle, David Lynch's then-sister-in-law), who's eventually found decapitated in her apartment — get caught in the crossfire between Dale Cooper's doppelgänger and the long-missing Major Garland Briggs (Don S. Davis).—
Drew Mackie,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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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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