1. Someone, esp. a woman, who engages in sexual intercourse for money
   "The historical novel depicted the life of a fancy woman in Victorian London";
   - prostitute [informal], cyprian [archaic, informal], prozzie [slang], wench [archaic], trull [archaic]
    
2. A woman with whom someone is having a secret romantic or sexual relationship while in a committed relationship with someone else
   "He secretly maintained a fancy woman in a downtown apartment";
   - mistress, kept woman [informal], bit on the side [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: fancy women

Type of: adult female, lover, woman

Encyclopedia: Fancy woman