CONCUBINE, n [kŏng'kyə-bīn']
Meaning:
1. (in polygamous societies) a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives
2. mistress
Example:
My half-sisters wore rose-colored tunics and so did their mothers, my father's concubines.
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