maîtresse

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French - English
{n} heartthrob
{n} ladylove
{n} mistress

One day he received an anonymous letter which told him that Odette had been the mistress of countless men and women, and that she frequented houses of ill-fame. - Un jour il reçut une lettre anonyme, qui lui disait qu'Odette avait été la maîtresse d'innombrables hommes, de femmes, et qu'elle fréquentait les maisons de passe.

Between ourselves, he keeps a mistress. - Entre nous, il a une maîtresse.

{n} preceptress
{n} teacher; mistress; paramour