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harem

[hair-uhm, har-] / ˈhɛər əm, ˈhær- /
NOUN
group of lady attendants
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He also became the first Mughal ruler to order the seclusion of all Mughal women in a walled harem.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

As the show progresses, I believe my daughter and her friends will see that "The Golden Bachelor" isn't some primetime trauma dump, any more than it's just some gimmicky harem house but with senior citizens.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023

Then it’s right back to knights in white satin and the realization that men’s gauze harem pants were once an instrument of liberation.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

It then became customary for the chief delegate’s wife to visit Hurrem Sultan in the harem.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

I’m not sure what a harem is, so I know the compound can’t be that.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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