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kept woman
DEFINITIONS OF:
kept woman
1
n
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
Synonyms:
fancy woman
,
mistress
Examples:
Eva Braun
the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)
Delilah
(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
Types:
concubine
,
courtesan
,
doxy
,
paramour
a woman who cohabits with an important man
odalisque
a woman slave in a harem
Type of:
lover
a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
adult female
,
woman
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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