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odalisk

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.

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odalisk

n. (alternative spelling of odalisque English)

Usage examples of "odalisk".

After all, the tiresome thing was, he did not want an odalisk, he did not want a slave.

The wall paper is patterned with arabesques or odalisks or--perhaps--it is trapezoids.

Since he was mainly innocent of women, Vasagi's odalisks had instructed him in their various ways, and Nestor had been an avid pupil.