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harem definition

ha·rem (her′əm, har′-)

noun

  1. that part of a Muslim household in which the women live; seraglio
  2. the wives, concubines, women servants, etc. occupying a harem
  3. 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

Also hareem ha·reem′ (hä rēm′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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