Hypertext Webster Gateway: "odalisque"
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) 1.7 (wn)
odalisque
n : a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: {concubine},
{courtesan}, {doxy}, {paramour}]
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