Usually means: Supported financially by romantic partner.
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  1. kept woman: Merriam-Webster
  2. kept woman: Collins English Dictionary
  3. kept woman: Vocabulary.com
  4. kept woman: Wordnik
  5. kept woman: Wiktionary
  6. kept woman: Dictionary.com
  7. Kept woman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. kept woman: Rhymezone
  9. kept woman: FreeDictionary.org
  10. kept woman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. kept woman: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. kept woman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Kept Woman: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (kept woman)

▸ noun:  A woman who is supported financially by a lover (usually a married man).

Similar:
mistress, fancy woman, kept man, outside woman, wingwoman, wife, side-wife, other woman, woman, field wife, more...

Opposite:
kept man, independent woman

Adjectives:
buddy, missy, number two, toady, hubby, woman, girlie, irl, out, frow, man

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Similar:
mistress, fancy woman, kept man, outside woman, wingwoman, wife, side-wife, other woman, woman, field wife, more...

Opposite:
kept man, independent woman

Adjectives:
buddy, missy, number two, toady, hubby, woman, girlie, irl, out, frow, man



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