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ODALISQUE

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 995 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ODALISQUE , a slave-woman who is a member of an See also:

ORIENTAL

oriental See also:

HAREM

harem, especially one in the harem or seraglio of the See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan of See also:

TURKEY

Turkey . The word is the See also:

French See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

TURKISH

Turkish odaliq, formed from odah, chamber or See also:

ROOM

room in a harem .

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