harem

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har·em ˈher-əm How to pronounce harem (audio)

: a usually secluded house or part of a house allotted to women in some Muslim households

: the wives, concubines, female relatives, and servants occupying a harem

informal : a group of women associated with one man

the pop star and his harem

: a group of females associated with one male

—used of polygamous animals

Researchers who study elk have determined that the males who possess the largest harems of females not only sport the largest racks of antlers, but also the most symmetrical ones.

Natalie Angier

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In a Muslim household, a harem is a part of a house set apart for women and from which nonfamily males are excluded. Harems existed in the pre-Islamic civilizations of the Middle East and in the courts of pre-Islamic Assyria, Persia, and Egypt. The harem was also found in the courts of China and Japan as well as in India and southeast Asia. Large harems for wives and concubines were common in wealthy Arab households into the 20th century; the great harem of the Turkish sultans (15th–20th century) contained several hundred women, guarded by eunuchs. By the later 20th century, the full harem system remained only among conservative elements of Arab society.

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the pop star and his harem

Recent Examples on the Web His admirers included such luminaries as U.S. Sen. Robert Wagner, all of whom turned a complaisant eye to the married Crater’s other life as a randy stage-door johnny with a mistress and a harem of chorus girls and Polly Adler hookers.

Edward Kosner, WSJ, 20 June 2022 In one of his most famous movies, the Italian director, who died almost 30 years ago at the age of 73, depicted his surrogate, also a film director, presiding over a dream harem.

Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 Dominant bull elk require a harem of females, ranging from 5 to 90 at a time.

Fox News, 21 May 2022 After the Sheba sequence, the djinn spends 1,500 years in a brass vase, reemerging in the Istanbul of the early Ottoman Empire, where the second in line to be sultan spends his adulthood locked in a harem with corpulent concubines.

Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 May 2022 In a rather unlikely twist, another myth suggest that cannolo moved from the harem into the nearby convents built in the years that followed, and became popular with the local nuns.

Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 13 May 2022 Locals in Wiseman offered that this musk ox might be a lone bull driven from the rest by a more dominant one who stayed north with his harem.

Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022 Cue Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, rose lovers — Clayton and his harem have moved on to Vienna.

Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2022 On shore, a group of females, officially known as a harem, was clustered; one flipped sand onto her body to keep cool.

Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022 See More

单词	harems
释义	harem noun har·em ˈher-əm 1 a : a usually secluded house or part of a house allotted to women in some Muslim households b : the wives, concubines, female relatives, and servants occupying a harem 2 informal : a group of women associated with one man the pop star and his harem 3 : a group of females associated with one male —used of polygamous animals Researchers who study elk have determined that the males who possess the largest harems of females not only sport the largest racks of antlers, but also the most symmetrical ones. Natalie Angier Did you know? In a Muslim household, a harem is a part of a house set apart for women and from which nonfamily males are excluded. Harems existed in the pre-Islamic civilizations of the Middle East and in the courts of pre-Islamic Assyria, Persia, and Egypt. The harem was also found in the courts of China and Japan as well as in India and southeast Asia. Large harems for wives and concubines were common in wealthy Arab households into the 20th century; the great harem of the Turkish sultans (15th–20th century) contained several hundred women, guarded by eunuchs. By the later 20th century, the full harem system remained only among conservative elements of Arab society. Example Sentences the pop star and his harem Recent Examples on the Web His admirers included such luminaries as U.S. Sen. Robert Wagner, all of whom turned a complaisant eye to the married Crater’s other life as a randy stage-door johnny with a mistress and a harem of chorus girls and Polly Adler hookers. Edward Kosner, WSJ, 20 June 2022 In one of his most famous movies, the Italian director, who died almost 30 years ago at the age of 73, depicted his surrogate, also a film director, presiding over a dream harem. Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 Dominant bull elk require a harem of females, ranging from 5 to 90 at a time. Fox News, 21 May 2022 After the Sheba sequence, the djinn spends 1,500 years in a brass vase, reemerging in the Istanbul of the early Ottoman Empire, where the second in line to be sultan spends his adulthood locked in a harem with corpulent concubines. Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 May 2022 In a rather unlikely twist, another myth suggest that cannolo moved from the harem into the nearby convents built in the years that followed, and became popular with the local nuns. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 13 May 2022 Locals in Wiseman offered that this musk ox might be a lone bull driven from the rest by a more dominant one who stayed north with his harem. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022 Cue Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, rose lovers — Clayton and his harem have moved on to Vienna. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2022 On shore, a group of females, officially known as a harem, was clustered; one flipped sand onto her body to keep cool. Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022 See More Word History Etymology ultimately from Arabic ḥarīm, literally, something forbidden & ḥaram, literally, sanctuary First Known Use 1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing harem harem pants harem pants harems noun plural of harem as in seraglios Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance seraglios brothels whorehouses massage parlors bordellos bawdy houses cathouses disorderly houses cribs call houses bagnios stews sporting houses
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