cadine

To be brief, as the Turkish law does not allow the desertion or dismissal of a cadine unless she be provided for, Zouhra is to be exiled to Rhodes.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

Her name in Turkish signifies a variety of rose which we are not acquainted with in France; she was brought when quite a child to Constantinople by her mother, attached to the service of a cadine of the Sultan.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

In order to realise this expectation, she left her at twelve years old with a family who were instructed to bring her up better than she could have done herself, until Kondjé-Gul was old enough to be sought after as a cadine or a wife.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

Circassian, who came to Constantinople to enter the service of a cadine of the Sultan.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

"But, for my own part, I have consulted a lawyer, and have been informed that according to your law she has become as free as a Frenchwoman, and has lost all her rights as _cadine_ which she would have enjoyed in our country.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard