Concubine

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: con=cu=bine

CIDE DICTIONARY

Concubine, n. [F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit.].

•  A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.  [1913 Webster]

  " Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female."  Trench.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Concubine, n.
1 a woman who lives with a man as his wife.
2 (among polygamous peoples) a secondary wife.

Derivative

concubinary adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L concubina (as com-, cubina f. cubare lie)

THESAURUS

Concubine

better half, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, common-law wife, debt slave, doxy, feme, feme covert, galley slave, goodwife, goody, helot, helpmate, helpmeet, homager, kept mistress, kept woman, lady, liege, liege man, liege subject, married woman, matron, mistress, odalisque, old lady, old woman, paramour, peon, playmate, rib, serf, servant, slave, squaw, subject, theow, thrall, unofficial wife, vassal, villein, wedded wife, wife, woman

ROGET THESAURUS

Concubine

Libertine

N libertine, voluptuary, rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man, intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard, chartered libertine, adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, woman, woman of the town, streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece, frail sisterhood, demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan, unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman, woman of easy virtue, wanton, fornicatress, Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette, demimonde, chippy, sapphist, spiritual wife, white slave, concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba, pimp, procurer, pander, pandar, bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.