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

A woman who behaves in an adulterous manner. / The Whore of Babylon.

(idiomatic, historical, euphemistic) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.

(informal) A woman who is romantically involved with someone (usually a man) already in a committed relationship with another woman, especially a woman having an affair with a married man.

A sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute.

Alternative spelling of butt-woman.

(obsolete, chiefly Britain) A female lay church worker who tends the pews in a church; a sextoness.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, woman. / (informal) A wife. / (euphemistic) A female person with dwarfism, or short stature resulting from a medical condition.

A woman who possesses sufficient wealth to be regarded as prosperous or well off.

A female advance person.