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Odalisque

//ˈoʊdlɪsk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio. historical

    "When the young Mauretanians were his guests in the little houses before the town gates, and he was of a good humour, it would come about that he displayed his odalisques as others would their jewels."

  2. 2
    a woman slave in a harem wordnet
  3. 3
    A desirable or sexually attractive woman.

Etymology

Borrowed from French odalisque, from Ottoman Turkish اوطهلق (odalık, “chambermaid”), from اوده (oda, “room”).

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