单词 | concubine |
释义 | concubinen. 1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a kept mistress.In reference to polygamous peoples, as the ancient Hebrews and the Muslims: A ‘secondary wife’ whose position is recognized by law, but is inferior to that of a wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > concubinage or secondary marriage > concubine or secondary wife concubine1297 concuby1560 concupy1609 secondary wife1847 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress chevesea700 wifeOE bed-sister1297 concubine1297 leman1297 file1303 speciala1400 womanc1400 chamberer?a1425 mistress?a1439 cousin1470 doxy?1515 doll1560 pinnacea1568 nobsya1575 lier-by1583 sweetheart1589 she-friend1600 miss1606 underput1607 concupy1609 lig-by1610 factoress1611 leveret1617 night-piece1621 belly-piece1632 dolly1648 lie-bya1656 madamc1660 small girl1671 natural1674 convenient1676 lady of the lake1678 pure1688 tackle1688 sultana1703 kind girl1712 bosom-slave1728 pop1785 chère amie1792 fancy-woman1819 hetaera1820 fancy-piece1821 poplolly1821 secondary wife1847 other woman1855 fancy-girl1892 querida1902 wifelet1983 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 27 Astrilde hire bedsuster (hire lordes concubine). a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8887 O quens had he [sc. Solomon] hundrets seuen; Thre hundret concubins, he sais, Efter þe laghes war in þaa dais. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 650 He wolde suffre for a quart of wyn A good felawe to haue his concubyn A twelf monthe. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxv. 6 Sotheli he ȝaf ȝiftis to the sones of concubyns [1382 secoundarye wyues]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 67 He [sc. the cardinal] hath a concubyne, whom he moche loueth. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 155 Prestre, a preeste; presteresse, a preestes concubyne. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 58/2 As she wist herself to simple to be his wife, so thought she her self to good to be his concubine. [Cf. Shakespeare 3 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 98.] 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 373 After the phrase of the Scripture a concubine is an honest name; for every concubine is a lawful wife, but every wife is not a concubine. 1611 Bible (King James) Dan. v. 3. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiii. 365 Women-servants, whom they hired of their Masters for Concubines. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xi. 452 The most essential difference between γυνὴ and παλλακὴ, wife and concubine, consisted in the former having a dowry, and the latter none. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. iii. 183 Two wives, with as many concubines, is reckoned a liberal establishment for the middle classes. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > illicit male lover leman1297 concubinec1430 lover1611 fancy man1811 other man1886 other guy1953 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes iii. xxiv. 95 a Because she had had another concubyne. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. iv. sig. b.ijv Thou haste stomacke inough to handle the vyles and scabbes of thy concubyne. c1536 Indictment Anne Boleyn (Trench) Her adulterers and concubines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). concubinev. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [verb (transitive)] > take as a concubine concubine1596 concubinizea1808 1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible i. 77 Not onely marrying Pharaohs daughter..but also concubining many. 2. To furnish with a concubine or concubines. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with a concubine concubine1800 1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 728 The proud, inflated Lord, With father concubin'd, and mother whor'd. 1890 H. M. Stanley In Darkest Afr. II. xxvii. 226 These must be wived, concubined, and fed by the natives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1297v.1596 |
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