as in concubine
a female other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship
he lavished gifts upon his mistress but completely ignored his wife
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Recent Examples of mistress
When Jennie resisted her mistress’s abuse, Judge Clemens responded by whipping her with a bridle.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
This was humiliating: now the world could read not just about the affair that Paley’s husband had carried on but about how the mistress’s menstrual blood had stained Paley’s sheets.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
No one, in theory, knew the number of this most private of his several telephones except for himself, his lawyer, his current mistress, as well as his former mistress, Estela, who remained his confidential secretary.
—Charles Portis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
This was humiliating: now the world could read not just about the affair that Paley’s husband had carried on but about how the mistress’s menstrual blood had stained Paley’s sheets.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
No one, in theory, knew the number of this most private of his several telephones except for himself, his lawyer, his current mistress, as well as his former mistress, Estela, who remained his confidential secretary.
—Charles Portis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistress
Noun
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Earlier in the season, it’s implied that Jinshi has a familial connection with Lady Ah-Duo, a concubine who has retired in the Rear Palace.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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About 75 members of the group will perform in the coming week at three churches in Broward County before taking a summer break and then inviting fellow music lovers to audition in August.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
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In just a few days, Morgan Wallen's inaugural Sand in My Boots festival will be underway on the beaches of the Gulf Shores, Alabama, bringing country music lovers together for fun in the sun.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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“Mistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistress. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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