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- 1. (in polygamous societies) a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.
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Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between two people in which the couple does not want to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage. [1] Concubinage and marriage are often regarded as similar, but mutually exclusive. [2]
CONCUBINE definition: 1. a woman who, in some societies, lives and has sex with a man she is not married to, and has a…. Learn more.
: a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married: such as. a. : one having a recognized social status in a household below that of a wife. b. : mistress sense 4a. Synonyms. doxy. doxie. mistress. other woman. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of concubine in a Sentence. the offspring of one of the monarch's concubines.
In former times, a concubine was a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without always being married to him. Synonyms: mistress, courtesan, kept woman, paramour [old-fashioned] More Synonyms of concubine. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
These women were called concubines, and they often were treated better than the man’s wife. The word concubine comes from the Latin verb, cubare , which means "to lie down." The word developed in Middle English in the 13th Century, and is another name for a woman taken as a mistress.
concubine. noun. /ˈkɒŋkjubaɪn/ /ˈkɑːŋkjubaɪn/ (especially in some societies in the past) a woman who lives with a man, often in addition to his wife or wives, but who is less important than they are. The sultan’s wives and concubines lived in the harem.
CONCUBINE meaning: an unmarried woman who has sex with a man and lives with the man and his wife or wives.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun concubine mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun concubine, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
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Concubine definition: A woman who cohabits with a man without being legally married to him.
