kept woman

  • 11kept woman — A paramour or mistress. 33 Am J1st L&S§39 …

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  • 12a kept woman — a woman who is paid to live with a man    I m tired of being a kept woman. I want to be free of him …

    English idioms

  • 13(a) kept woman — humorous someone who does not work and who is given money and a place to live by the person who they are having a sexual relationship with. She was determined to find work and not become a kept woman like her sister …

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  • 14kept — (k[e^]pt), imp. & p. p. of {Keep}. [1913 Webster] {Kept woman}, {Kept mistress}, a concubine; a woman supported by a man as his paramour. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15Kept mistress — kept kept (k[e^]pt), imp. & p. p. of {Keep}. [1913 Webster] {Kept woman}, {Kept mistress}, a concubine; a woman supported by a man as his paramour. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16kept man — or (fem) kept woman noun A man or woman maintained financially by a romantic or sexual partner • • • Main Entry: ↑keep …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 17woman — /ˈwʊmən / (say woomuhn) noun (plural women /ˈwɪmən / (say wimuhn)) 1. a female human being (distinguished from man). 2. an adult female person (distinguished from girl). 3. Colloquial a female lover, partner in a marriage or de facto relationship …

  • 18kept — /kɛpt / (say kept) verb 1. past tense and past participle of keep. –phrase (humorous) 2. kept man, a man given financial support by his wife or partner. 3. kept woman, a. (dated) a woman given financial support and a place to live by a lover;… …

  • 19woman — Synonyms and related words: Eve, Frau, adult, better half, common law wife, concubine, dame, daughter of Eve, distaff, distaff side, domina, donna, dowager, doxy, fair sex, female sex, feme, feme covert, femininity, femme, frow, gentlewoman, girl …

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  • 20woman — wom|an W1S1 [ˈwumən] n plural women [ˈwımın] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(female person)¦ 2¦(any woman)¦ 3 businesswoman/spokeswoman etc 4 another woman/the other woman 5 be your own woman 6¦(partner)¦ 7¦(form of address)¦ 8¦(servant)¦ …

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