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HAREM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
Synonyms:
hareem; harem; seraglio; serail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("harem" is a kind of...):
living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)
Context examples:
In my excitement I had not been taking notice of other things, and I looked up to see the lord of the harem charging down upon me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The day had been dull and overcast, but the sun now burst through the clouds, a welcome omen, and shone upon the curving beach where together we had dared the lords of the harem and slain the holluschickie.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
They are the young bulls, not old enough to have harems of their own. He called them the holluschickie, or something like that. It seems to me if we find where they haul out—
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The holluschickie haul out by themselves, and Dr. Jordan says that paths are left between the harems, and that as long as the holluschickie keep strictly to the path they are unmolested by the masters of the harem.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
