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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

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oriental
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harem, especially one in the harem or seraglio of the
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sultan of
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Turkey . The word is the
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French
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adaptation of the
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Turkish odaliq, formed from odah, chamber or
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room in a harem .

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