Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harem"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harem \Ha"rem\, n.[Ar. haram, orig., anything forbidden of
sacred, fr. harama to forbid, prohibit.] [Written also haram
and hareem.]
1. The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females
in Mohammedan families.
2. The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man,
in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harem
n : living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female
relatives in a Muslim household [syn: {hareem}, {seraglio},
{serail}]
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