Concubine – A woman who lives with and has sex with a married man
(Pronounced kon-kyuh-byne)
To remember the definition of the word concubine, use the following mnemonic:
Conquer and combine (concubine): all the ladies are taken into the soldiers' homes to live with the married men and their wives.
Examples of concubine in a sentence
The king had four wives but only one concubine.
She is an imperial concubine and definitely the emperor's favourite.
Would you really be willing to be a concubine?