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concubine

noun as in harlot

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She started as a concubine and transformed herself into one of the key political players of her time.

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Reuben the oldest was told that he would not excel, because he had loved his father's concubine and committed a grievous sin.

Mary, his Egyptian concubine, was endeared to him by the birth of Ibrahim.

He was born of Hagar, who was a concubine; and they still indulge themselves in the use of mercenary wives and concubines.

Julius Capitolinus reproaches the Emperor Verus for cutting his beard at the instigation of a concubine.

The slave who is captured in war and carried away as a concubine appears only at a far later stage of culture.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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