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serail

serail noun: a seraglio.

Noun

serail (plural serails)

  1. (archaic) A seraglio.
    • He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch,
      And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • What longing lust would not bee alaid, to see three hundred women at his dispose and pleasure, as hath the Grand Turke in his Seraille?1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of serail

pluralserails

Origin of serail

From Middle French sérail, from Italian serraglio.

Questions about serail

What does serail mean?
Serail means a seraglio.
What part of speech is serail?
Serail is a noun.
What is the plural of serail?
The plural of serail is serails.

Words near serail in the dictionary

  1. serafins
  2. seraglio
  3. seraglios
  4. serai
  5. Seraiki
  6. serail
  7. serails
  8. Seraing
  9. serais
  10. seral
  11. seralbumen

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