as in girlfriend
a female romantic companion a number of women have been suggested as the inamorata who inspired such passionate love poetry

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Recent Examples of inamorata Sebastian’s inamorata, Ellie (Leslie Bibb), is the only daughter of hotel magnate William Collins XII (David Rasche) and his US senator wife, Tigger (Kim Cattrall); and, yes, Tigger is her government name. Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023 The idyllic scenery also represents the happy ending that Yadra’s lesbian daughter, Zelia, wants to imagine about what happened to her great aunt Nena, who chose to stay behind in Cuba to be with her married inamorata, Antonia. San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021 His wife’s popularity with the public kindles Charles’s jealousy, and soon Diana sinks into palace isolation and endless quarreling with the prince, who refuses to give up his affair with longtime inamorata Camilla Parker Bowles (Erin Davie). BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021 This quick test saves him from wasting a bolus of precious (seriously) sperm on a millipede inamorata from the wrong species. Emily Willingham, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020 Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989. Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020 Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989. Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020 Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989. Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020 Today, mastering moguls is the pastime of moguls, not to mention movie stars and Trump inamoratas, as Ivana and Marla famously clashed in Aspen in 1989. Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inamorata
Noun
  • That same year, Pryor also had son Franklin Mason — who now goes by Mason Pryor — with girlfriend Geraldine Mason. Pryor — who was unafraid of confronting his personal struggles, including substance abuse, in his work — frequently left home to tour.
    Julie Tremaine, People.com, 13 July 2025
  • His real-life girlfriend Monica Barbaro has been cast as OpenAI’s CTO Mira Murati who was among the board members who fired Altman.
    Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Every student who takes Lavigne’s class, every young person who sees a Black woman owning and operating a cooking school in New Orleans, receives a different message about what’s possible.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • The Mountain West hired the firm to handle the investigation in the same month that the same firm represented the conference to protect Fleming's eligibility in a request for preliminary injunction to have the trans athlete disqualified from women's competition and the conference tournament.
    Ryan Gaydos , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025

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“Inamorata.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inamorata. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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