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concubine

nounattested in dialogue

  • United States//ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn//

A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.

noun

  1. 1

    A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.

  2. 2

    A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.

    And that is more than I will yield unto: / I know I am too mean to be your queen, / And yet too good to be your concubine.

  3. 3

    historicalA slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.

    He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:

    Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorities, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines.

Etymology

From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concubīna, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumbō (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -īna.

Forms

plural
concubines
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