A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a kept mistress.
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| 释义 | 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 (9) concubine1297 A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a kept mistress. concuby1560 = Concubine. concupy1609 Apparently a shortening or alteration of concubine (cf. concuby, n.). secondary wife1847 Of a lower kind; entitled in a lower degree to the appellation. secondary wife n. †(a) a concubine; (b) a socially or legally recognized inferior… Subcategories:— member of harem (5) |
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