harem

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His female companion, Mumtaz Begum, 22, was a courtesan on the run from the harem of a princely state and had been staying with Bawla for the last few months.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

In your book you write about your great-grandmother who was in the Sultan Abdulaziz's harem.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2024

By rushing down the beach like David Hasselhoff in “Baywatch,” this lifeguard of a seal was not only abandoning his harem of females but also expending valuable energy.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Akbar, did, however, introduce to India an institution found elsewhere in the Muslim world: The women of the royal family were physically secluded in a harem.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

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