Dictionary entry

Odalisque

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖O′da′lisque″ (?), n. [F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid, fr. oda chamber, room.] 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.