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- DictionaryHar·em/ˈherəm/
noun
- 1. (in former times) the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants: "we were invited into the harem in the rear of the house"
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.
noun. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women. the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants.
Harem (Arabic: حَرِيمٌ, romanized: ḥarīm, lit. 'a sacred inviolable place; female members of the family') refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family.
HAREM definition: 1. especially in the past in some Muslim societies, the wives or other female sexual partners of a…. Learn more.
A harem is the part of the house in traditional Muslim society reserved for women — either wives, servants, or concubines.
noun. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women. the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants.
HAREM meaning: 1. especially in the past in some Muslim societies, the wives or other female sexual partners of a…. Learn more.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun harem, one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
1. A house or a section of a house reserved for women members of a Muslim household. 2. The wives, concubines, female relatives, and servants occupying such a place. 3. A group of women who are sexual partners of the same man. 4. A group of female animals that breed exclusively with a single dominant male.
Harem Definition. That part of a Muslim household in which the women live; seraglio. The wives, concubines, women servants, etc. occupying a harem. A group of women who are sexual partners of the same man. A number of female animals, as of fur seals, who mate and lodge with one male.
