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concubine

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn/Part of speech nounSorted bcceinnouStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a woman who cohabits with an important man

Word origin

From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concubīna, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumbō (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -īna.

Used in a sentence

  • And that is more than I will yield unto: / I know I am too mean to be your queen, / And yet too good to be your concubine.
  • He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:
  • Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorities, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines.

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