Odalisque

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Not of those that men desire, sleek
           Odalisques, or oracles of mode.          --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster] Odalman

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  odalisque
       n : a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: {concubine},
            {courtesan}, {doxy}, {paramour}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "odalisque":
     Aspasia, Delilah, Jezebel, Messalina, Phryne, Thais, adventuress,
     bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive,
     chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, courtesan, debt slave,
     demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, femme fatale, galley slave,
     harem girl, helot, hetaera, homager, houri, liege, liege man,
     liege subject, peon, seductress, serf, servant, slave, subject,
     temptress, theow, thrall, vamp, vampire, vassal, villein