concubine

Example Sentences

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

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Local myth says they represent a man who couldn’t choose between his wife and concubine, so all three of them were petrified.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2022

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

My mother was a slave, his concubine; but Kastor Hylakides, my father, treated me as a true born son.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer