serraglio — meaning in English

English meaning

• menagerie noun A collection of wild or exotic animals kept for display, especially historically by wealthy owners as a private forerunner to the modern zoo.
• seraglio noun A palace of a sultan.

Senses

serraglio is used for these senses in English:

• menagerie A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
• seraglio A palace of a sultan.

menagerie — full definition

1. noun A collection of wild or exotic animals kept for display, especially historically by wealthy owners as a private forerunner to the modern zoo.
2. noun A varied, mixed group of people or things.

seraglio — full definition

1. noun A palace of a sultan.
2. noun The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
3. noun A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
4. noun The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.

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