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har·em /?h??r?m, ?hær-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hair-uhm, har-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun 1. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women. 2. the women in a Muslim household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants. 3. Animal Behavior. a social group of females, as elephant seals, accompanied or followed by one fertile male who denies other males access to the group. 4. Facetious or Offensive. a group of women associated in any way with one man or household: Father joked that he had a harem of five daughters. Also, haram, hareem, harim.
[Origin: 162535; < Ar har?m harem, lit., forbidden] Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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