concubine:

Etymology: From the Latin concubere , meaning lie down together, or concubitus , lying together:

1. A secondary wife , usually inferior in legal and social status.

2. A woman who shares a residence and has sexual-relations with a man to whom she is not married . See mistress for synonyms.

See Also: concubitus, courtesan fantasy, eunuch, left-handed wife, shack job, shack-up

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