other woman

noun

: a woman with whom a married man has an affair
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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Mace said that she and other women were allegedly recorded on her ex-fiance's household camera. Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2025 Another key part of the niece's testimony is from the morning Read and two other women found O'Keefe dead outside 34 Fairview Road in Canton, a suburb about 20 miles south of Boston. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025 Dozens of other women have since made similar legal claims. Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 Starting in 2006, when the Bad Boy Records founder took the promising 19-year-old singer under his wing as his protégé, the two began dating, even while he was involved with other women. Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for other woman

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of other woman was in 1855

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“Other woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20woman. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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