Wondering how to use Concubine in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as courtesan or odalisque.
Concubine meaning
- A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
- A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
- A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.
Using Concubine
- The main meaning on this page is: A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married. | A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife. | A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.
- Useful related words include: courtesan, doxy, odalisque, paramour.
- In the example corpus, concubine often appears in combinations such as: the concubine, his concubine, concubine was.
Context around Concubine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Concubine
- In this selection, "concubine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, favorite, achilles, briseis and citation stand out and add context to how "concubine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a concubine was a and abandoned his concubine. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "concubine" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and absolve, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with concubine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She tied with Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine. (9 words)
Even worse, the Khan has summoned her to the palace to become his concubine. (14 words)
Ebrey 2002: 60. The position of the concubine was generally inferior to that of the wife. (16 words)
Even though the woman would not be a legal wife, a situation normally considered a demotion, many wealthy merchants believed that being the concubine of a samurai was superior to being the legal wife of a commoner. (37 words)
Another factor in Mustafa's survival is the influence of Kösem Sultan (Ahmed's favorite concubine), who may have wished to preempt the succession of Osman, Ahmed’s first-born son from another concubine. (34 words)
Chen's autobiography refuted the idea that she was a concubine. citation Chen claiming that, by the time she married Chiang, he had already divorced Yao, and that Chen was therefore his wife. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another factor in Mustafa's survival is the influence of Kösem Sultan (Ahmed's favorite concubine), who may have wished to preempt the succession of Osman, Ahmed’s first-born son from another concubine.
If the Empress did not give birth to an heir, the Emperor could take a concubine, and the son he had by that concubine would be recognized as heir to the throne.
The children of the concubine often had equal rights with those of the wife; for example, King Abimelech was the son of Gideon and his concubine.
Judges 19 tells how an angry mob surrounds a Levite and his concubine, so he appeases them by handing over his companion.
The candle-shaped sea stacks are said to represent a man who couldn’t choose between his wife and concubine, so all three of them were turned to stone.
The concubine would gaze south from the tower toward a mock mosque and bazaar the emperor had especially constructed to assuage her longing for home.
The story of “The Concubine of Gibeah” for example, tells of an innocent woman that is shoved out the front door by her own husband to a gang of rapists.
She tied with Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine.
The vegan couple are not legally married but French reportedly calls herself Buskey's "concubine" in accordance with the dictates of their religion.
A concubine was a free woman, often dowered for marriage, and her children were legitimate and lawful heirs.
Agamemnon was forced to return Chryseis to end the plague, and took Achilles ' concubine Briseis as his own.
And the child of a concubine had to show filial duty to two women, their biological mother and legal mother–the wife of their father.
A son born of a concubine and king's great-great-grand son used title gun (군, 君, lit. Prince).
Augustine's mother had followed him to Milan and arranged a marriage for which he abandoned his concubine.
Chen's autobiography refuted the idea that she was a concubine. citation Chen claiming that, by the time she married Chiang, he had already divorced Yao, and that Chen was therefore his wife.
Ebrey 2002: 60. The position of the concubine was generally inferior to that of the wife.
Even though the woman would not be a legal wife, a situation normally considered a demotion, many wealthy merchants believed that being the concubine of a samurai was superior to being the legal wife of a commoner.
Even worse, the Khan has summoned her to the palace to become his concubine.
For days, dozens and dozens of men and women were hunted down and executed, including an eight-year-old son of Hideyori by a concubine, who was beheaded.
Freyja was a human in Asia and was the favorite concubine of Odin, King of Asialand.
Common combinations with concubine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the concubine 7×
- his concubine 5×
- concubine was 5×
- concubine of 4×
- as concubine 4×
- concubine in 3×
- favorite concubine 2×
- concubine who 2×
- concubine and 2×
- concubine would 2×