Odalisk

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