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 Translation for 'concubine' from English to Norwegian
NOUN   a concubine | concubines
SYNO concubine | courtesan | doxy | ...
konkubine {m/f}concubine
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Translation for 'concubine' from English to Norwegian

concubine
konkubine {m/f}
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Usage Examples English
  • Singai Pararajasekarm had two wives. One Rasaletchumi Ammal, Valliammai and a concubine named Mangathammal. He had eight children through the two wives and one concubine.
  • In the middle of the 8th century, the Arab governor Al-Kasim Ibn Ubaid Allah forced his way into the monastery church with his female concubine on horseback.
  • Hyoseong took the daughter of the "pajinchan" Yeongjong as a concubine.
  • The first was Sogdianus, Artaxerxes I's son by his concubine Alogyne of Babylon.
  • In 1822, his mother was granted a title of Concubine He.

  • A man was allowed to practice "coitus interruptus" with his concubine for contraceptive purposes.
  • The clan also had two Royal consorts throughout the dynasty: Royal Noble Consort Jeong (a concubine of King Seonjo) and Royal Consort Suk-ui (a concubine of Yeonsangun).
  • - after 396) was a concubine of the Jin dynasty (266-420), She was a concubine of Emperor Xiaowu, whom she murdered in 396.
  • In 1927 Meng married Mei Lanfang as his concubine.
  • In a first time, she was a concubine of Seongjong, granted the title "Suk-ui" (숙의, 淑儀), junior 2nd rank concubine of the King.

  • Princess Khamwaen or Concubine Waen (...) was a daughter of King Bunsan of Vientiane and a concubine ("Chao Chom") to King Rama I of Bangkok.
  • "Sonnim" is a type of housemaid who took charge of housekeeping at the king's concubine's residence.
  • A concubine was defined by Roman law as a woman living in a permanent monogamous relationship with a man not her husband.
  • Odalisque, a word derived from the Turkish "Oda", meaning chamber: thus connoting odalisque to mean chamber girl or attendant, was not a term synonymous with concubine; however, in western usage the term has come to refer specifically to the harem concubine.
  • In 1726, at the age of 31, Lady Yi became a concubine of King Yeongjo, in his second year of reign. She was given the rank of "Sug-ui" (숙의, 淑儀; junior second rank concubine).

  • was a title for concubines of the first rank during the Joseon dynasty, for example King Sejong the Great's concubine [...] or King Injong's concubine Hye-bin Jeong.
  • Concubine Guo ([...]; died 1435), personal name Guo Ai (...), courtesy name Shanli (善理), was a concubine of Xuande Emperor.
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