Category:Odalisque

O`da`lisque", n. Etym: [f., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid, fr. oda Chamber, room.]

Defn: a female slave or concubine in the harem of the turkish sultan. [written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.] Not of those that men desire, sleek odalisques, or oracles of mode. Tennyson.