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Definitions of concubine in various dictionaries:
noun - a woman who cohabits with an important man
A woman who cohabits with a man.
In certain societies, such as imperial China, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status.
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| Mistress has care of one whelp among nine |
| Unmarried woman cohabiting with a man - secondary wife |
| Kept woman |
| Mistress, caught at the right moment, carries bin |
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| In polygamous societies, a secondary mate |
| The -ine suffix is seen in words like chorine for a chorus girl & this for a harem member |
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| (in polygamous societies) a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives. |
| a woman who cohabits with an important man |
| 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 |
| Law A woman who cohabits with a man without being legally married to him. |
| In certain societies, such as imperial China, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status. |
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| Concubinage () is an interpersonal and sexual relationship in which the couple are not or cannot be married. The inability to marry may be due to multiple factors such as differences in social rank status, an existing marriage, religious or professional prohibitions (for example Roman soldiers), or a lack of recognition by appropriate authorities. The woman in such a relationship is referred to as a concubine (), and occasionally so is a man in such a relationship. * The prevalence of concubinage and the status of rights and expectations of a concubine have varied among cultures, as have the rights of children of a concubine. Whatever the status and rights of the concubine, they were always inferior to those of the wife and typically neither she nor her children had rights of inheritance. Historically, concubinage was frequently entered into voluntarily (by the woman or her family) as it provided a measure of economic security for the woman. Involuntary or servile concubinage sometimes involved sexual slavery of one member of the relationship, usually the woman. Nevertheless, sexual relations outside marriage were not uncommon, especially among royalty and nobility, and the woman in such relationships was commonly described as a mistress. The children of such relationships were counted as illegitimate and were barred from inheriting the father's title or estates, even when there was an absence of legitimate heirs. * While forms of long-term sexual relationships and co-habitation short of marriage have become increasingly common in the Western world, these are generally not described as concubinage. The terms concubinage and concubine are used today primarily when referring to non-marital partnerships of earlier eras. In modern usage, a non-marital domestic relationship is commonly referred to as co-habitation (or similar terms), and the woman in such a relationship is generally referred to as a girlfriend, mistress, fiancée, lover or life partner. |