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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’
‘He travelled 1,500 miles across the desert to the Fifth Cataract, with his collapsible wooden camera, barrels of distilled water and a darkroom tent - which villagers thought housed a _harem_ .’
2.A group of female animals sharing a single mate.
‘the dominant bulls gather a _harem_ of anything from two to ten cows’
‘Reaching the South Atlantic coast, we head down the steep cliffs on foot to find a colony of elephant seals basking on the shore, a huge black male surrounded by a _harem_ of smaller females, all in the process of moulting.’
3.A group of women perceived as centring around a particular man.
‘rich men with their extensive harems of buxom blondes’
‘I was ready to retire to an island resort with my winning lottery ticket and a _harem_ of attentive lovers.’
4.The women occupying a harem; the wives (or concubines) of a polygamous man.
‘the Maharaja of Delhi had a very fine _harem_ of 18 young and nubile wives’
‘Since an imperial _harem_ numbered more than 5,000 wives, concubines, and eunuch guards at the height of the dynasty, the scale of cooking was gargantuan.’
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‘we were invited into the _harem_ in the rear of the house’
