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▪ I. concubine, n.|ˈkɒŋkjuːbaɪn|
Also 4 -bin, -byn, 5–6 -byne.
[a. F. concubin, concubine:—L. concubīnus, concubīna, f. con- together + cubāre to lie.]
1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a kept mistress.
In reference to polygamous peoples, as the ancient Hebrews and the Muslims: A ‘secondary wife’ whose position is recognized by law, but is inferior to that of a wife.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 27 Astrilde hire bedsuster (hire lordes concubine). a1300Cursor M. 8887 (Cott.) O quens had [salamon] hundrets seuen; Thre hundret concubins, he sais, Efter þe laghes war in þaa dais. c1386Chaucer Prol. 650 He wolde suffre for a quart of wyn A good felawe to han his concubyn A twelve moneth. 1388Wyclif Gen. xxv. 6 Sotheli he ȝaf ȝiftis to the sones of concubyns [1382 secoundarye wyues]. 1481Caxton Reynard xxviii. (Arb.) 71 He [the cardinal] hath a concubyne whom he moche loueth. 1515More in Grafton Chron. II. 787 As she wist her selfe to simple to be hys wyfe, so thought she her selfe to good to be hys Concubine. [Cf. Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 98.] 1530Palsgr. 155 Prestre, a preeste; presteresse, a preestes concubyne. 1563Homilies ii. (1859) 373 After the phrase of the Scripture a concubine is an honest name; for every concubine is a lawful wife, but every wife is not a concubine. 1611Bible Dan. v. 3. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. (1698) I. xiii. 365 Women-servants, whom they hired of their Masters for Concubines. 1807Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xi. 452 The most essential difference between γυνὴ and παλλακὴ, wife and concubine, consisted in the former having a dowry, and the latter none. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) I. 241 Two wives, with as many concubines, are reckoned a liberal establishment for the middle classes.
fig.1843Faber Lett. (1869) 207 If we are not now in the One Church, but in a Concubine (so long as it be a doubt).
attrib.1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 19 A man may have 4 wives at the same time, and, according to common opinion, as many concubine slaves as he pleases.
†2. A male paramour. Obs. [= L. concubīnus, F. concubin.]
c1430Lydg. Bochas iii. xxiv. 95 a, Because she had had another concubyne. c1536Indictment Anne Boleyn (Trench), Her adulterers and concubines. 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) Q vj.
▪ II. ˈconcubine, v. rare.
[f. prec. n.]
†1. trans. To take as a concubine. Obs.
1596H. Clapham Briefe Bible i. 77 Not onely marrying Pharaohs daughter..but also concubining many.
2. To furnish with a concubine or concubines.
1800W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. VIII. 728 The proud, inflated Lord, With father concubin'd, and mother whor'd. 1890H. M. Stanley Darkest Africa II. xxvii. 226 These must be wived, concubined, and fed by the natives. |