harem
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His female companion, Mumtaz Begum, 22, was a courtesan on the run from the harem of a princely state and had been staying with Bawla for the last few months.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025
As the show progresses, I believe my daughter and her friends will see that "The Golden Bachelor" isn't some primetime trauma dump, any more than it's just some gimmicky harem house but with senior citizens.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023
Then it’s right back to knights in white satin and the realization that men’s gauze harem pants were once an instrument of liberation.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023
Akbar, did, however, introduce to India an institution found elsewhere in the Muslim world: The women of the royal family were physically secluded in a harem.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
I glance at the end of the booth and see hookah sets, golden swords, and blown-up black-and-white harem pictures from some previous era propped against, yes, camel bridles.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Vocabulary lists containing harem
"The Metamorphosis," Vocabulary from the graphic novel
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