First Known Use: 14th century
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concubine
noun con·cu·bine \ˈkäŋ-kyu̇-ˌbīn, ˈkän-, -kyü-\
: an unmarried woman who has sex with a man and lives with the man and his wife or wives
Full Definition of CONCUBINE
: a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married: as a : one having a recognized social status in a household below that of a wife b : mistress 4a
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Origin of CONCUBINE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin concubina, from com- + cubare to lie
Related to CONCUBINE
- Synonyms
- mistress, doxy (also doxie), other woman, woman
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Rhymes with CONCUBINE
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