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courtesan
cour·te·san C0697900 (kôr′tĭ-zən)n. A woman prostitute, especially one whose clients are members of a royal court or men of high social standing.
[French courtisane, from Old French, from Old Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano, courtier, from corte, court, from Latin cohors, cohort-; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]courtesan (ˌkɔːtɪˈzæn) or courtezann (Historical Terms) (esp formerly) a prostitute, or the mistress of a man of rank[C16: from Old French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana female courtier, from cortigiano courtier, from corte court]cour•te•san (ˈkɔr tə zən, ˈkoʊr-, ˈkɜr-)
n. a kept woman or prostitute associating with noblemen or men of wealth. [1540–50; < Middle French courtisane < Upper Italian form of Tuscan cortigiana literally, woman of the court, derivative of corte court; for suffix see partisan1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  courtesan - a woman who cohabits with an important manconcubine, doxy, paramourkept woman, mistress, fancy woman - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a manodalisque - a woman slave in a harem |
courtesannoun (History) mistress, prostitute, whore, call girl, working girl (facetious slang), kept woman, harlot, paramour, scarlet woman, hetaera, demimondaine, fille de joie (French) a courtesan who was kept by some of 16th-century Venice's most powerful mencourtesannounA woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment:bawd, call girl, camp follower, harlot, prostitute, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, tart, whore.Slang: hooker, moll.Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night.Translationscourtesan
courtesan, courtezan (esp formerly) a prostitute, or the mistress of a man of rank courtesan
Synonyms for courtesannoun mistressSynonyms- mistress
- prostitute
- whore
- call girl
- working girl
- kept woman
- harlot
- paramour
- scarlet woman
- hetaera
- demimondaine
- fille de joie
Synonyms for courtesannoun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for paymentSynonyms- bawd
- call girl
- camp follower
- harlot
- prostitute
- scarlet woman
- streetwalker
- strumpet
- tart
- whore
- hooker
- moll
Synonyms for courtesannoun a woman who cohabits with an important manSynonymsRelated Words- kept woman
- mistress
- fancy woman
- odalisque
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