Definitions for harem

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harem har·em

Spelling: [hair-uh m, har-]

IPA: /ˈhɛər əm, ˈhær-/

Harem is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in harem (aehmr).

Definitions for harem

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: Sometimes Offensive. a group of women associated in any way with one man or household:

Origin of harem

First recorded in 1625-35, harem is from the Arabic word harīm harem, literally, forbidden

Examples for harem

And to interfere with the inmate of a harem is just about impossible.

According to his lights, he's right not to allow any interference with his harem from Europeans.

Ambition: Just one more wife and an end to those quarrels in the harem.

And we couldn't do the thing, unfortunately, as it deals with the harem.

If he cultivates a harem without taking responsibility for it, he is, however, careless.

Mitchell is also a fundamentalist Mormon who had his eye on the then-14-year-old Smart to be the first of a harem of wives.

But when she opened the door, a harem of toned and dreaded hip-hop dancers were lounging on couches staring at her.

Jillian Lauren is the author of The New York Times bestseller Some Girls: My Life in a harem.

They gave him his harem and salary, and locked him up in a palace.

harem pants were a well-tailored sport jacket compared to jeggings.