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Definition of Odalisques
1. odalisque [n] - See also: odalisque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odalisques
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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