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Word: concubine (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A woman attached to a man solely for reproduction, and who cares for the resulting children without any romantic relationship
  • A slave-girl for sexual service prominent in all ancient cultures.
  • A woman kept by a man who is high in hierarchial society in addition to his wives, e.g in the imperial harem or within a household.
  • A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
  • (esp. formerly in Arabic societies, as well as in ancient eastern societies) a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan or an Emperor, for sexual purposes.
  • Signifies a relationship where the male is the dominant partner, socially and economically

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