Definitions of domestic partner
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a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship
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synonyms:
significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
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Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
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Bathsheba
(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)
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Eva Braun
the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)
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Catherine of Aragon
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
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Delilah
(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
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Anne Hathaway
wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623)
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Marquise de Maintenon
French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)
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Rachel
(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
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Rebecca
(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
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Ruth
the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
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Sarah
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
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lover
a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
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better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse
a person's partner in marriage
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bigamist
someone who marries one person while already legally married to another
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consort
the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
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fancy man, paramour
a woman's lover
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helpmate, helpmeet
a helpful partner
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hubby, husband, married man
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
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man
a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
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fancy woman, kept woman, mistress
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
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monogamist, monogynist
someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)
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honeymooner, newlywed
someone recently married
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polygamist
someone who is married to two or more people at the same time
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married woman, wife
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
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