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, courtezan [ˌkɔːtɪˈzæn]
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(Historical Terms) (esp formerly) a prostitute, or the mistress of a man of rank
[from Old French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana female courtier, from cortigiano courtier, from corte court]
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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, hetaera, demimondaine, fille de joie (French) a courtesan who was kept by some of 16th-century Venice's most powerful men
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