odalık — meaning in English

English meaning

• odalisque noun A woman kept as a slave in a harem, especially in the palace of an Ottoman ruler.
• slave noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.

Senses

odalık is used for these senses in English:

• odalisque (historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
• slave A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.

odalisque — full definition

1. noun A woman kept as a slave in a harem, especially in the palace of an Ottoman ruler.
2. noun A painting of a woman, often nude, shown lying in a rich or exotic setting, meant to look sexually alluring.
3. noun A woman regarded as very desirable or sexually attractive.

slave — full definition

1. noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.
2. noun A person completely controlled by or devoted to something.
3. noun A secondary device controlled by another (master) device.

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