Hou"ri (?), n.; pl. Houris (#). [Per. hūri, hūra, hūr; akin to Ar. hūr, pl. of ahwar beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.]

A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.

 

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