Odalisque Definition
ODALISQUE: A slave-woman who is a member of an oriental harem, especially one in the harem or seraglio of the sultan of Turkey. The word is the French adaptation of the Turkish odaliq, formed from odah, chamber or room in a harem. Or A slave-woman who is a member of an oriental harem, especially one in A female slave or concubine in the Sultan’s seraglio or a Turkish harem; one of the ladies of the harem, of whom the Sultan has personal knowledge.
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This one believed to be attributed to Eugène Giraud (1806 – 1881, French)
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