concubine
IPA: kˈɑnkjʌbaɪn
noun
- A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
- A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
- (chiefly historical) A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.
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Examples of "concubine" in Sentences
- The second says it is the Biblical Concubine.
- The officers were allowed to have concubines.
- He was the son of Alexander the Good and a concubine, Stanca.
- Iemochi is also mentioned in 'The Last Concubine' by Lesley Downer.
- I happen to like that better than concubine or paramour or mistress.
- The child of the concubine simply addresses the big mother as auntie.
- I happened to like that better than concubine or paramour or mistress.
- She was the mother of Emperor Jingzong and a concubine of Emperor Muzong.
- The Concubine then exchanged her soul for the power of illusion with Ahriman.
- She is an Asian, and is the favourite concubine of Odin, King of the Asialand.