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ˈoʊd l ɪskodal·isque

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. odalisquenoun

    a woman slave in a harem

Wiktionary

  1. odalisquenoun

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

  2. odalisquenoun

    A desirable or sexually attractive woman.

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  1. odalisque

    An odalisque is a female slave or concubine in a harem, particularly one in the harem of the Turkish sultans during the Ottoman Empire. The term is also often used in Western art and literature to depict exotic and romanticized images of the Eastern world. Odalisques were also popular subjects in the 19th-century European art, especially in the artistic genre of Orientalism.

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  1. Odalisque

    An odalisque was a female slave or concubine in an Ottoman seraglio, especially the Imperial Harem of the sultan.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Odalisque

    Odalisk, ō′da-lisk, n. a female slave in a harem. [Fr.,—Turk. oda, a chamber.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of odalisque in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of odalisque in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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