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concubine

noun
/ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn/US

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.

  1. derived from concubīna
  2. derived from concubine
  3. inherited from concubine

Definitions

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

  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. A 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.

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Derived

concubinage, concubinal, concubinary, mancubine

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA