Idiom idiom
affair Partner
Meaning
A person with whom one is having an extramarital or unfaithful relationship; the third party in an affair.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He left his wife for his affair partner.”
“The scandal broke when the press photographed the politician meeting his affair partner at a hotel.”
“The discovery of the secret correspondence revealed that he had been maintaining a long-term relationship with his affair partner for several years.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026