CONCUBINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concubine mean? 

• CONCUBINE (noun)
  The noun CONCUBINE has 1 sense:

1. a woman who cohabits with an important man

  Familiarity information: CONCUBINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCUBINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who cohabits with an important man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

concubine; courtesan; doxy; paramour

Hypernyms ("concubine" is a kind of...):

fancy woman; kept woman; mistress (an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concubine"):

odalisque (a woman slave in a harem)