Definition of Odalisques

1. Noun. (plural of odalisque) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Odalisques

1. odalisque [n] - See also: odalisque

Lexicographical Neighbors of Odalisques

ocy-
ocypodian
ocypodians
ocytocin
od
oda
odachi
odah
odahs
odal
odalique
odaliques
odalisk
odalisks
odalisques (current term)
odaller
odallers
odals
odango
odas
odaxesmus
odaxetic
odd
odd-even check
odd-job(a)
odd-job man
odd-jobber
odd-jobbers
odd-leg caliper

Literary usage of Odalisques

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on Board an American Frigate by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1853)
"LETTER XLI, "Unerring Detection of Foreigners—A Cargo of odalisques—The Fanar, or Quarter of the Greeks—Street of the Booksellers—Aspect of ..."

2. Travels in South America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy (1875)
"A sultan and his odalisques.—Geology, botany, and hydrography combined.—A menagerie on a raft—About the antipathy of apes for music.—Fall of forest trees. ..."

3. Visit to Constantinople and Athens by Walter Colton (1836)
"... odalisques, guards, garden—The Sultan shooting an arrow—Conversation with him—His personal appearance—Prevalence of the plague. ..."

4. Travels in Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in 1809 & 1810 by John Cam Hobhouse Broughton (1858)
"... Byzantine Greeks— Principal difference between ancient and modern manners—State of Turkish women—Female slaves, or odalisques, of the Imperial Harem. ..."

5. Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever (1829)
"... his odalisques—No ac<-om- plices—General Boucher—The inconvenience of good wines—The little Saint Jean—The soundest sleeper in France—The grand uniform, ..."

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