concubine

Abraham arrived there with his servant and concubine Hagar and their son Ishmael.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Early on in the winsome new documentary about her life and work, Rita Moreno takes gently hilarious aim at Tuptim, the young Burmese concubine she played in the 1956 film of “The King and I.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2021

He must be rejoicing, telling the Emperor Charles that the king’s concubine is living her last hours.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020

More than the sentimental figure of the concubine, this final image most memorably expresses the show’s central theme: the too high cost of war.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2019

After much pleading and promises of reform he succeeded in getting her to come home and he abandoned his concubine.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

As the choreographer read about this eccentric ruler — a gifted athlete with extravagant appetites and wives, kids, concubines and Rolls-Royces galore, who died in his 40s — a production took shape in his mind.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2022

Drawing together decades of writing, these stories follow concubines who fall in love, paranormal researchers and an older man forced to confront his past.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

In many cases, they openly lived with concubines, had children, and worked to ensure that their children receive lucrative positions in the Church.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

I saw how fearful Third Wife became when Second Wife told her stories of old concubines who were kicked out into the streets.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan