odalisque

1. (historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.Examples: "When the young Mauretanians were his guests in the little houses before the town gates, and he was of a good humour, it would come about that he displayed his odalisques as others would their jewels."; "They grew fat, but successfully resisted the enticing odalisques with whom they were confronted."; "Though I could see the titan odalisques and their garden and knew them to be no more than dream-stuff recalled, I could not escape from their fascination and the memory of the dream."historical