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concubine
noun as in harlot
Example Sentences
His war council, and his concubine pit, consists of a crew of mannequins.
In its aftermath, the country is ruled by the Order of wealthy white men, with only “nonrestricted” Louisiana as an escape valve for those who can make it there, and 20-year-old Black Texan Solenne has been the concubine of a possible future president for five years.
Wayles remarried twice, and following the death of his third wife in 1761, Betty Hemings—now in her twenties—became Wayles’s “concubine.”
The defense attorney described Bravo in his opening arguments as a “gigolo” who had essentially turned Rachel into a concubine.
Gong, who rose to fame as the star of lush Chinese movies such as 1988's "Red Sorghum" and "Farewell my Concubine" in 1993, before earning wider recognition in Hollywood films such as 2005's "Memoirs of a Geisha", was back on the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet this week after being on pandemic lockdown for the last three years.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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