kept woman
kept woman noun: a woman who is supported financially by a lover (usually a married man).
Noun
kept woman (plural kept women)
- A woman who is 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. . . ."
"I could not belong to a man unless I cared for him," said she.1912, David Graham Phillips, chapter 6, in The Price She Paid - "I'm a kept woman," she explained. "What else is any woman?"1919, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter 5, in All Roads Lead to Calvary
- Synonyms:
- sugar baby, doxy
- 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. . . ."
Synonyms of kept woman
Forms of kept woman
| plural | kept women |
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Origin of kept woman
From kept + woman.
Questions about kept woman
- What does kept woman mean?
- Kept woman means a woman who is supported financially by a lover (usually a married man).
- What part of speech is kept woman?
- Kept woman is a noun.
- What is the plural of kept woman?
- The plural of kept woman is kept women.
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