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
But with a twist so big — Sarah being the killer of her adulterous husband Adam’s mistress, Kelly Summers, and the one who set him up for the murder while simultaneously defending him tooth and nail in court — where was Rose to go after that?
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
When Jennie resisted her mistress’s abuse, Judge Clemens responded by whipping her with a bridle.
—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
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
When Jennie resisted her mistress’s abuse, Judge Clemens responded by whipping her with a bridle.
—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
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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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Here are five must-see spots for literature fiends in Istanbul: Pera Palace Hotel Pera Palace is most well-known for literature lovers as the hotel where Agatha Christie allegedly wrote Murder on the Orient Express.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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And that’s where many younger Millennials and Gen Z music lovers first fell in love with the artform.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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“Mistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistress. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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