odalisque

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: o=da=lisque

CIDE DICTIONARY

odalisque, n. [F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid, fr. oda chamber, room.].

 A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.  [1913 Webster]
"Not of those that men desire, sleek
Odalisques, or oracles of mode."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

odalisque, n. hist. an Eastern female slave or concubine, esp. in the Turkish Sultan's seraglio.

Etymology

F f. Turk. odalik f. oda chamber + lik function

THESAURUS

odalisque

Aspasia, Delilah, Jezebel, Messalina, Phryne, Thais, adventuress, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, courtesan, debt slave, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, femme fatale, galley slave, harem girl, helot, hetaera, homager, houri, liege, liege man, liege subject, peon, seductress, serf, servant, slave, subject, temptress, theow, thrall, vamp, vampire, vassal, villein

ROGET THESAURUS

odalisque

Servant

N servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.