harem
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Codde said the behavior was unusual not only because the bull elephant seal took an active interest in the pup but because he left his harem of female elephant seals unprotected, SF Gate reported.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
In your book you write about your great-grandmother who was in the Sultan Abdulaziz's harem.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2024
He also became the first Mughal ruler to order the seclusion of all Mughal women in a walled harem.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024
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
A castrated man; especially, one of those who were employed as harem attendants or functionaries in certain Oriental courts.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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"The Metamorphosis," Vocabulary from the graphic novel
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