kept woman
1Kept woman — 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] …
2kept woman — noun count OFTEN HUMOROUS a woman who is given a home and money by a man that she has a sexual relationship with: This shows that the speaker does not approve of such a relationship. People often also use kept man humorously about a man …
3kept woman — n old fashioned a woman who is given a place to live, money, and clothes by a man who visits her for sex often used humorously …
4kept woman — noun an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man • Syn: ↑mistress, ↑fancy woman • Hypernyms: ↑woman, ↑adult female, ↑lover • Hyponyms: ↑concu …
5kept woman — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms kept woman : singular kept woman plural kept women often humorous old fashioned a woman who is given a home and money by a man who she has a sexual relationship with. People often also use kept man humorously… …
6kept woman — noun A woman, supported financially by a lover (usually a married man). He said: Why bother about a career? After all, kept woman is a thoroughly respectable occupation or can be made so by any preacher or justice of the peace. . . . See Also:… …
7kept woman — See a kept woman …
8kept woman — woman who is financially supported by a man (very often a married man); adulterous woman; mistress …
9kept woman — noun (C) old fashioned a woman who is given a place to live, money and clothes by a man who visits her regularly for sex …
10kept woman — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mistress, concubine, paramour; see mistress 2 …
