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Concubine

//ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
  2. 2
    a woman who cohabits with an important man wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service. historical

    "He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my 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.

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