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English Dictionary: Harem by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harem
n
  1. living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
    Synonym(s): harem, hareem, seraglio, serail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harem \Ha"rem\, n.[Ar. haram, orig., anything forbidden of
      sacred, fr. harama to forbid, prohibit.] [Written also haram
      and hareem.]
      1. The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females
            in Mohammedan families.
  
      2. The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man,
            in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
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