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concubine 音标拼音: [k'ɑnkjəb ,ɑɪn] n. 妾,姘妇,第二夫人以下之妻 妾,姘妇,第二夫人以下之妻 concubine n 1: a woman who cohabits with an important man [ synonym: { concubine}, { courtesan}, { doxy}, { paramour}] Concubine \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female. -- Trench. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 51 Moby Thesaurus words for " concubine": better half, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, common- law wife, debt slave, doxy, feme, feme covert, galley slave, goodwife, goody, helot, helpmate, helpmeet, homager, kept mistress, kept woman, lady, liege, liege man, liege subject, married woman, matron, mistress, odalisque, old lady, old woman, paramour, peon, playmate, rib, serf, servant, slave, squaw, subject, theow, thrall, unofficial wife, vassal, villein, wedded wife, wife, woman |
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