Concubine
11concubine — n. 1) to have, keep a concubine 2) by one s concubine (he had many children by his concubines) * * * [ kɒŋkjʊbaɪn] keep a concubine to have by one s concubine (he had many children by his concubines) …
12CONCUBINE — s. f. Celle qui, n étant point mariée avec un homme, vit avec lui comme si elle était sa femme. Ce n est pas sa femme, c est sa concubine. Entretenir, avoir une concubine …
13Concubine — In the Bible denotes a female conjugally united to a man, but in a relation inferior to that of a wife. Among the early Jews, from various causes, the difference between a wife and a concubine was less marked than it would be amongst us. The… …
14concubine — (kon ku bi n ) s. f. Femme qui vit avec un homme sans être mariée avec lui. • Henri VIII ne pouvait déclarer la tante de l empereur concubine, VOLT. Moeurs, 135. Dans l antiquité et dans l Orient, femme qui fait partie du harem d un prince.… …
15concubine — [13] A concubine is etymologically a person with whom one goes to bed. It comes via Old French concubine from Latin concubīna, a compound noun formed from the prefix com ‘with’ and cub , the stem of the verb cubāre ‘lie down, go to bed’. Another… …
16concubine — UK [ˈkɒŋkjʊbaɪn] / US [ˈkɑŋkjəˌbaɪn] noun [countable] Word forms concubine : singular concubine plural concubines a woman in the past who had a sexual relationship with an important man but was not married to him …
17concubine — [13] A concubine is etymologically a person with whom one goes to bed. It comes via Old French concubine from Latin concubīna, a compound noun formed from the prefix com ‘with’ and cub , the stem of the verb cubāre ‘lie down, go to bed’. Another… …
18concubine — ● concubin, concubine nom (latin concubinus, de concubere, coucher avec) Personne qui vit en état de concubinage avec une autre …
19concubine — [[t]kɒ̱ŋkjʊbaɪn[/t]] concubines N COUNT In former times, a concubine was a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him …
20concubine — noun, archaic she was the reluctant concubine of Prince Percival Syn: mistress, courtesan, kept woman; lover; archaic paramour, doxy; historical hetaera …
