Associations to the word «Concubine»

Wiktionary

CONCUBINE, noun. A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
CONCUBINE, noun. A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
CONCUBINE, noun. (chiefly historical) A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.

Dictionary definition

CONCUBINE, noun. A woman who cohabits with an important man.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats