con·cu·bine
/ˈkäNGkyəˌbīn/
noun
(in polygamous societies) a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.
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Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between two people in which the couple does not want to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage.
a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married: such as a : one having a recognized social status in a household below that of a wife b : mistress
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man. Cite this entry
a woman who, in some societies, lives and has sex with a man she is not married to, and has a lower social rank than his wife or wives.
A concubine is a woman who lives with and has sexual relations with a man but is not in a marital relationship with him. Concubine or The Concubine may also ...
a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, especially one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress.
an unmarried woman who has sex with a man and lives with the man and his wife or wives. ◊ Concubines were common in many different societies in the past.
concubine (plural concubines). A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married. Synonyms: mistress, sprunk; see also ...
Definition of concubine as in mistress a female other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship.