Definition of Concobine
Con"cu*bine (?), n. [F., fr. L.
concubina; con- + cubare to lie down,
concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit.]
1. A woman who cohabits with a man without
being his wife; a paramour.
&fist; Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used
of a male paramour as well as of a female. Trench.
2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful
wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of
inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines
of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws.
Their children were not heirs of their father.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A slave-girl or group of slave-girls, mostly prominent in ancient cultures
- Signifies a relationship where the male is the dominant partner, socially and economically
- A woman attached to a man solely for reproduction, and who cares for the resulting children without any romantic relationship
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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