| 单词 | significant other |
| 释义 | significant other (once / 96880 pages) n WORD FAMILY significant other: significant others USAGE EXAMPLES“Not once did I even think I would live with others unless it was a significant other.” The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) The problem is that what’s a logical name to you might not be to your significant other. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) Your new weeknight date plan: Order a few montanara and a tasting flight of Italian wine, then discuss anything but politics with your significant other. Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) n a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper domestic partner, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861) Bathsheba(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC) Eva Braunthe German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945) Catherine of Aragonfirst wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536) Delilah(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength Anne Hathawaywife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623) Marquise de MaintenonFrench consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) Rachel(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin Rebecca(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau Ruththe great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament Sarah(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac lover a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage better half, married person, mate, partner, spousea person's partner in marriage bigamistsomeone who marries one person while already legally married to another consortthe husband or wife of a reigning monarch fancy man, paramoura woman's lover helpmate, helpmeeta helpful partner hubby, husband, married mana married man; a woman's partner in marriage mana male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman fancy woman, kept woman, mistressan adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man monogamist, monogynistsomeone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) honeymooner, newlywedsomeone recently married polygamistsomeone who is married to two or more people at the same time married woman, wifea married woman; a man's partner in marriage individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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