Definition of concubine Concubine

/kɑˈnkjʌbajˌn/ - [kankyubayn] - con•cu•bine

We found 13 definitions of concubine from 6 different sources.

What does concubine mean?

Noun Plural: concubines
concubine - a woman who cohabits with an important man
		courtesan, doxy, paramour
		kept woman, fancy woman, mistress a woman master who directs the work of others

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concubine (Noun)
A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
concubine (Noun)
A slave-girl for sexual service prominent in all ancient cultures.
concubine (Noun)
Signifies a relationship where the male is the dominant partner, socially and economically.
concubine (Noun)
A woman attached to a man solely for reproduction, and who cares for the resulting children without any romantic relationship.
concubine (Noun)
A woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan or emperor, for sexual purposes.
concubine (Noun)
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.

concubine (n.)
A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.
concubine (n.)
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.

concubine
Among polygamour peoples a wife of inferior rank than the first wife.
concubine
A woman who cohabits with an important man, but who is not his wife.

concubine
kong′kū-bīn, n. a woman who cohabits or lives with a man without being married.—n. Concū′binage, state of living together as man and wife without being married.—adj. Concū′binary. [Fr.,—L. concubina—con, together, cubāre, to lie down.]