hetaera
noun
he·tae·ra hi-ˈtir-ə 
variants or hetaira
hi-ˈtī-rə
plural hetaerae hi-ˈtir-(ˌ)ē or hetaeras or hetairas or hetairai hi-ˈtī-ˌrī
or hetaeras or hetairas or hetairai hi-ˈtī-ˌrī 1
: one of a class of highly cultivated courtesans in ancient Greece
2
: demimondaine
Word History
Etymology
Greek hetaira, literally, companion, feminine of hetairos
First Known Use
1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- intervisit
- intervisitation
- intervisitations
- intervital
- intervocalic
- intervocalically
- intervolution
- intervolve
- intervolved
- intervolves
- intervolving
- interwar
- interweave
- interweaved
- interweavements
- interweavers
- interweaves
- interweaving
- interwed
- interwind
- interwinds
- interword
- interwork
- interworked
- interworking