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

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