noun. A woman slave in a harem.

noun. An artistic representation, often highly eroticized, of such a slave.

noun. A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.

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

noun. A desirable or sexually attractive woman.

noun. a woman slave in a harem

"A further ironic implication of Farrell's, Boucher's, and Moore's use of the imagery of the odalisque is that the signification of "odalisque" as concubine is itself a projection of the European mind, since its original Turkish meaning is simply that of "'woman of the room [oda],' implying a general servant status" (Croutier 30-32)."

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concubine  courtesan  doxy  paramour  

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Aspasia  Delilah  Jezebel  Messalina  Phryne  

odahlic  odalik  odalisk