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Concubine vs Her - What's the difference?

concubine | her |

As a noun concubine

is a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.

As a determiner her is

belonging to her.

As a pronoun her is

the form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.

concubine

English

(concubinage)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
  • A slave-girl for sexual service prominent in all ancient cultures.
  • Signifies a relationship where the male is the dominant partner, socially and economically
  • A woman attached to a man solely for reproduction, and who cares for the resulting children without any romantic relationship.
  • a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan or emperor, for sexual purposes.
  • A woman kept by a man who is high in hierarchial society in addition to his wives, e.g in the imperial harem or within a household.

    • Derived terms

    * concubinage

    See also

    * harem * polygamy * co-wife * seraglio

    References

    * Random House Unabridged Dictionary ----

    her

    English

    (wikipedia her)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Determiner

  • Belonging to her.
    • This is her book

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    Pronoun

  • The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
    • Give it to her (after preposition)
    He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
    He treated her for a cold (direct object)
  • * February 1896 , Ground-swells'', by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine ; page 183:
    • "Then what became of her ?"
    "Her'? Which ‘'''her'''’? The park is full of ‘' hers ’."
    "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."

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