CONCUBINE

concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour

(noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

concubine (plural concubines)

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.

Synonyms

• (unmarried sexual partner): mistress, sprunk; see sexual partner or mistress

• (woman who lives with a man): cohabitor

• (slave-girl): odalisque

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"cu*bine, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit.]

1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.

Note: Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female. Trench.

2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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