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odalisque


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Odalisque  \O`da`lisque"\,  n.  [F.,  fr  Turk.  odaliq  chambermaid, 
  fr  oda  chamber,  room.] 
  A  female  slave  or  concubine  in  the  harem  of  the  Turkish 
  sultan.  [Written  also  {odahlic},  {odalisk},  and  {odalik}.] 
 
  Not  of  those  that  men  desire,  sleek  Odalisques,  or 
  oracles  of  mode.  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  odalisque 
  n  :  a  woman  who  cohabits  with  an  important  man  [syn:  {concubine}, 
  {courtesan},  {doxy},  {paramour}] 




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