concubine

• Существительное, обозначающее женщину, которая живёт с важным мужчиной и состоит с ним в сексуальных отношениях, часто в историческом или культурном контексте, где она не является его главной женой.

A noun referring to a woman who lives with and has a sexual relationship with an important man, often in a historical or cultural context where she is not his primary wife.

1. Historical domestic partnerC1formal

   A woman who lives with and has a sexual relationship with a man of higher social status, often in a polygamous household, without being legally married to him.

   Наложница

   • In ancient China, emperors often kept many concubines in the palace.
   • The king's concubine held a respected but secondary position in the court.
   • Historical records mention that the sultan had several concubines in his harem.

   Synonymscourtesankept womanmistressodalisqueparamour