Hou″ri (?), n.; pl.Houris (#). [Per. hūrī, hūrā, hūr; akin to Ar. hūr, pl. of ahwar beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.] A nymph of paradise; — so called by the Mohammedans.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.