Mistresses
Officers and mistresses are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Officers" instead a noun "Mistresses".
Officers
Mistresses and officers are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mistresses" instead a noun "Officers".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Some French officers during the Napoleonic Wars, most notably Marshal Masséna, had their mistresses dress as staff officers so that they could accompany them on their campaigns, although the disguises were often rather thin.
Source: Sweet Polly Oliver -
Mistresses and concubines of Red Army officers and generals during WWII were referred to with a mock acronym "PP Zh", which meant "Field and Campaign Wife".
Source: Camp Follower - A later scene in which a group of German officers and their wives/mistresses are killed in a basement has also been cited as an example, though in the context of the mission the killing of the women would more likely be classified as collateral damage.
Source: Obligatory War Crime Scene
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