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concubines

noun as in harem

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Everyone in Hollywood should go take his and her mistresses and concubines out for some celebratory Champagne and ketamine.

They marry many women, and maintain at the same time a great number of concubines, with a view to a numerous offspring.

We will have their wives and daughters for concubines, and sell their children in the market with horses and pigs.

This monarch had a great many wives and concubines—more than two thousand, if we may believe Ixtlilxochitl, his descendant.

He died in 1472, leaving over a hundred children by his concubines, but only one legitimate son.

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

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to concubines, such as: purdah, seraglio, serail, serai, and zenana.

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

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