concubine

con·cu·bine

C0550900 (kŏng′kyə-bīn′, kŏn′-)n.1. Law A woman who cohabits with a man without being legally married to him.2. In certain societies, such as imperial China, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin concubīna : com-, com- + cubāre, to lie down.]

concubine

(ˈkɒŋkjʊˌbaɪn; ˈkɒn-) n1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (in polygamous societies) a secondary wife, usually of lower social rank2. a woman who cohabits with a man[C13: from Old French, from Latin concubīna, from concumbere to lie together, from cubare to lie] concubinary n, adj

con•cu•bine

(ˈkɒŋ kyəˌbaɪn, ˈkɒn-)

n. 1. a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not married, esp. one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress. 2. (among polygamous peoples) a secondary wife, usu. of inferior rank. [1250–1300; (< Anglo-French) < Latin concubīna <concumbere to lie together (see con-, incumbent)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

concubine - a woman who cohabits with an important mancourtesan, doxy, paramourkept woman, mistress, fancy woman - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a manodalisque - a woman slave in a harem

concubine

noun (Old-fashioned) mistress, courtesan, kept woman, paramour, odalisque the custom of husbands taking a concubine or an additional wife

Translations

妾情妇

concubine

(ˈkoŋkjubain) noun1. an old word for a woman who lives with a man as his lover but is not his wife. 情婦 情妇2. (among peoples and religions that allow men to have more than one wife) a secondary wife. 妾 妾