Note 186 — THE LINGUIST-DAME, THE DUENNA AND THE KING’S SON.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
For this word of many senses, see vols. i. 231; ix. 221. M. Caussin de Perceval (viii. 16) quoting d’Herbelot (s.v.), notes that the Abbasides thus entitled the chief guardian of the Harem.