concubine

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  1. noun Law A woman who cohabits with a man without being legally married to him.
  2. noun 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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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin concubīna : com-, com- + cubāre, to lie down.

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  1. from Middle English concubine, from Old French concubin, masculine, concubine, feminine, French concubin, masculine, concubine, feminine, = Spanish Portuguese concubina, feminine, = Italian concubino, masculine, concubina, feminine, from Latin concubinus, masculine, concubina, feminine, a concubine, from concumbere (concub-), lie together, lie with, from com-, together, + -cumbere (only in comp.), nasalized form of cubare, lie down, recline, bend: see cubit.
 

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/ˈkɑŋkjubaɪn/
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