Definition of CONCUBINE

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spent an exorbitant sum on furnishing living quarters for his concubine

Recent Examples on the Web Another focused on the wicked King Noah who drank wine and flirted with concubines from beneath an elaborate hat. — New York Times, "Lights. Camera. Prayer. A Mini-Hollywood Grows in Utah.," 13 Oct. 2019 Mbande, who openly doted on Kengela as his favourite concubine, was immediately smitten with his newest child. — Anne Thériault, Longreads, "Queens of Infamy: Njinga," 4 Oct. 2019 His official concubine, a former nurse, was promoted to major-general this year. — The Economist, "Relations between Thailand’s army and king are becoming one-sided," 5 Sep. 2019 Vajiralongkorn, also known as King Rama X, named Sineenatra the new Royal Noble Consort, the official title for the chief concubine, earlier this month, making her the first official mistress of the king since 1921. — Fox News, "Thailand releases rare pictures of king and official mistress, causing royal website to crash," 27 Aug. 2019 Henry, for his part, relishes Eve like a concubine while his wife writes poetry downstairs. — Pete Tosiello, Washington Post, "Karen Dukess’s ‘The Last Book Party’ is a postcard from another era," 10 July 2019 Her mother was the sixth concubine to a wealthy businessman who abandoned them and her younger brother when Wu was a child. — Quanta Magazine, "Three Major Physics Discoveries and Counting," 18 July 2018 Royal gardens, peeling frescoes, and tiled mosaics are breathtaking in their beauty, but the zenith of any visit is a wander through the sultan’s harem, once home to hundreds of concubines and their eunuch guards. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, "Three Days In Istanbul," 28 Dec. 2018 The story is about a concubine of Grenada’s royal court, Fatima, and her friend Hassan, the court’s cartographer. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "All the science fiction and fantasy books we’re looking forward to in 2019," 30 Dec. 2018

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“Concubine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concubine. Accessed 28 Feb. 2020.

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