kept woman

/kɛpt ˌwʊmən/

Other forms: kept women

Definitions of kept woman

1. noun

   an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
   synonyms: fancy woman, mistress

   examples:

   Eva Braun

   the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)

   Delilah

   (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength

   types:

   concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour

   a woman who cohabits with an important man

   odalisque

   a woman slave in a harem

   type of:

   lover

   a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

   adult female, woman

   an adult female person (as opposed to a man)