- a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, especially one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress.
- (among polygamous peoples) a secondary wife, usually of inferior rank.
- (especially formerly in Muslim societies) a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan, for sexual purposes.
- (in polygamous societies) a secondary wife, usually of lower social rank
- a woman who cohabits with a man
