harem Definition
ha·rem (her′əm, har′-)
noun
- that part of a Muslim household in which the women live; seraglio
- the wives, concubines, women servants, etc. occupying a harem
- a number of female animals, as of fur seals, who mate and lodge with one male
Etymology: Ar ḥarīm, lit., prohibited (place, thing) < ḥarama, to forbid
harem Synonyms
harem Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: Each of the Israelite men would have had to have had a harem of wives for this to have been true.
- keep: Consumers donât generally marry one brand: they like to keep a harem of brands.
- see: Shortly afterward witnesses see the harem arrive at Elysee restaurant in central London TOGETHER.
Adjective modifier
- royal: Assyrian kings introduced it in the Near East, along with the seclusion of women in the royal harem.
- private: A sumptuous gaming room and private harem caters for evening entertainment.
- whole: He may demand a degree of self humiliation that will be too much even for a whole harem of captive popes.
- small: Unlike most British men, I maintain a small harem.
Modifies a noun
- girl: He visits brothels, drinking houses, gambling dens, and converses with harem girls.
- outfit: One of the things that you have to watch for is Nobbs in his harem outfit - very funny.
- woman: Harem women ate roasted Fenugreek to develop a buxom figure.
- stallion: A harem stallion marks the urine of his mares with his own.
Noun used with modifier
- shoujo: The story in Fruits Basket is, as I said above, a fairly original take on the shoujo harem anime.
- palace: The trees was formerly planted about the palace harems in Java.
Possessives
- Pharaoh: In Egypt, for example, Sarah is in danger of being taken into Pharaoh's harem.
- sultan: The Spirit also investigates how Ebony wound up in a sultan's harem and why Commissioner Dolan harbored a criminal in his house.
Preposition: of
- female: Males were easy to spot among a harem of females; they were much more muscular with much bigger faces.
- woman: Montezuma drank 50 cups of chocolate every day to boost his virility before visiting his harem of 600 women.
- hind: After a few minutes I saw a stag with his harem of 10 hinds.
- wife: Each of the Israelite men would have had to have had a harem of wives for this to have been true.
Preposition: for
sale: Antibes: Lavish villa with harem for sale with spacious accommodation and reception rooms suited to corporate entertaining of customers and business partners.
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