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    [Noun]  | "oda*lisque" | \ ˈō-də-ˌlisk \


    1: an enslaved woman

    2: a concubine in a harem


    Origin: circa 1681 ;

     French, from Turkish odalık, from oda room;

    [Noun]  | "odalisques" 


    2: as in courtesans, demimondaines;


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     [ "odalisque" ]

    1: a turkish concubine that tends to the Ottoman sultan

      * e.g.,  ... "the odalisque was waiting on the bed when the sultan returned" 


     [ "odalisque" ]

    2: although sometimes a whore,the odalisque can also be a slave which does not take part in sexual practices


     [ "odalisque" ]

    3: usually very low on the social ladder

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