Haremlik

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A harem.

    "Byron, who mocked the institution of the haremlik in Don Juan, saw little to distinguish the horrors of Muslim treatment of women from those of the Christian moral centaurdom of marriage."

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"Byron, who mocked the institution of the haremlik in Don Juan, saw little to distinguish the horrors of Muslim treatment of women from those of the Christian moral centaurdom of marriage."

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish haremlik

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