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harem Definition

ha·rem (herəm, 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

harem Synonyms

harem

n.

seraglio, concubines, purdah, zenana, gynaeceum, oda, stable*.

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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