Dictionary

other woman en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, informal) A woman who is romantically involved with someone (usually a man) already in a committed relationship with another woman, especially a woman having an affair with a married man.
   • The other woman finds time to manicure her nails / The other woman is perfect where her rival fails 1956, “The Other Woman”, Jessie Mae Robinson (lyrics)performed by Sarah Vaughan:
   • I'll be some next man's other woman soon 2006, Amy Winehouse, Ashford & Simpson, “Tears Dry on Their Own”, in Back to Black, performed by Amy Winehouse:
   • Remembering the turmoil she experienced when her father left her mother, she vowed she would never be the other woman.

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other man

Hypernyms

home wrecker

Translations (17)

bg друга жена (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · pt outra (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · es otra (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · cmn 第三者 (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · fi toinen nainen (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · tr metres (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · de Geliebte (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · ru друга́я же́нщина (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · cmn 小三 (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · pt amante (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · za mehreuj (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · de Liebschaft (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · de Gespielin (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · gl a outra (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · de Bettgenossin (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · de Verhältnis (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship) · de Liebhaberin (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship)