other woman
noun
: a woman who is having an affair with another woman's spouse
—usually used with the
Examples of other woman in a Sentence
tired of being the other woman, she gave him an ultimatum: divorce his wife or take a hike
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That morning, she’d been added to a Facebook chat with a few other women who seemed to have worked with the couple.
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Like Aleys, Alouette forms alliances with other women, Sylvine and Marguerite, the latter of whom carefully documents the guards’ abuses in a ledger.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
According to officials, Parham followed this other woman into an elevator car, but after finding a third person already inside of it, Parham exited after riding up just one floor and then left the building.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
Robinson spoke to other women in their twenties who also lowballed their salary expectations, a concerning tendency given Gen Z women already have salary expectations $6,200 less than men their age, according to research from expert network Handshake.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Like Aleys, Alouette forms alliances with other women, Sylvine and Marguerite, the latter of whom carefully documents the guards’ abuses in a ledger.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
According to officials, Parham followed this other woman into an elevator car, but after finding a third person already inside of it, Parham exited after riding up just one floor and then left the building.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
Robinson spoke to other women in their twenties who also lowballed their salary expectations, a concerning tendency given Gen Z women already have salary expectations $6,200 less than men their age, according to research from expert network Handshake.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Other woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20woman. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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