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circassian

(n): a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia
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5 months ago chained_bear said:

"... the Vizier looked so very worn (he had three wives, and an applicant for high office had recently sent him a Circassian concubine)..."
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 183

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