cour·te·san (kôr t -z n, k r-)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-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
courtesan [kore-tiz-zan]
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History a mistress or high-class prostitute [Old French courtisane]
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| Noun | 1. | courtesan - a woman who cohabits with an important man kept woman, mistress, fancy woman - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man odalisque - a woman slave in a harem |
courtesan
noun History mistress, prostitute, whore, call girl, working girl (facetious), (slang) kept woman, harlot, paramour, scarlet woman, fille de joie (French)
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