Dictionary 1. (n.) A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.2. (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father. Thesaurus better half bondmaid bondman bondslave bondsman bondswoman captive chattel chattel slave churl common-law wife debt slave doxy feme feme covert galley slave goodwife goody helot helpmate helpmeet homager kept mistress kept woman lady liege liege man liege subject married woman matron mistress odalisque old lady old woman paramour peon playmate rib serf servant slave squaw subject theow thrall unofficial wife vassal villein wedded wife wife woman |
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