单词 | concubine |
释义 | concubine /kong"kyeuh buyn', kon"-/, n. 1. a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, esp. one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress. 2. (among polygamous peoples) a secondary wife, usually of inferior rank. 3. (esp. formerly in Muslim societies) a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan, for sexual purposes. [1250-1300; ME ( < AF) < L concubina, equiv. to concub- (var. s. of concumbere to lie together; see CON-, INCUMBENT) + -ina fem. suffix] |
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