Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kept woman

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: kep-t -wom-an
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."
""I'm a kept woman," she explained. "What else is any woman?""
"Fannie Hurst's tender and moving biography of a kept woman is here reproduced in a sincere, detailed picture. Irene Dunne . . . falls in love with John Boles, a pedigreed young banker, who by a series of misunderstandings, makes her his mistress instead of his wife."

Etymology

From kept + woman.

Inflected Forms

kept women (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

kept man

Synonyms

sugar baby doxy mistress fancy woman

Questions

What does kept woman mean?: A woman who is supported financially by a lover (usually a married man).
Where does kept woman come from?: From kept + woman.

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