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A woman who cohabits with an important man
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courtesan
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: concubine , doxy , odalisque , paramour ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) A woman of a royal or noble court. 2 (context dated English) The mistress of a royal or noble. 3 A prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Courtesan \Cour"te*san\ (k?r"t?-z?n; 277), n. [F. courtisane, fr. courtisan courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It. cortigiana, or Sp. cortesana. See Court .] A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Middle French courtisane , from Italian cortigiana "prostitute," literally "woman of the court," fem. of cortigiano "one attached to a court," from corte "court," from Latin cortem (see court (n.)).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Chameau, camel, was slang for an old courtesan . ▪ Dancing women and courtesans were forced to marry. ▪ He looked over his shoulder and smiled at Cecily the courtesan as she swept the porch of the church. ▪ Here were still the ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Courtesan (Spanish: Cortesana ) is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed by Alberto Gout and starring Crox Alvarado , Meche Barba and Gustavo Rojo . The film's art direction was by Carlos Toussaint .
Usage examples of courtesan.
Sir Rutherford Alcock, in his book upon Japan, states that the portraits of the most famous courtesans of Yedo are yearly hung up in the temple at Asakusa.
Remember her when you read books in which beautiful, scented Balzacian courtesans or Dostoevsky harlot-saints appear.
Uninterested in the pleasuring of trained courtesans, Boran merely used their bodies.
These corpulent warriors, who at Calais shortly before had run till overtaken by nervous prostration and general debility, now wore more millinery and breastpins and slashed velvet and satin facings and tinsel than the most successful and highly painted and decorated courtesans of that period.
Lord Diegan followed the talk as he once had ravished the courtesans he seduced from the beds of wealthy patrons.
I only knew the tyke by the depth of his chest, the roundness of his foot, and his manner of baying, for the poor gazehound was painted like any Venetian courtesan.
Many of the finest New York City courtesans found themselves giving advice on interrace counterfaces.
Presently Omi-san has no consorts though Kiku, the most famous courtesan in Izu, is almost like a consort.
She had come across the name of a character a Lyonnaise courtesan in a De Maupassant short story, Isabella later told me, and had taken it for her own.
She had come across the name of a character - a Lyonnaise courtesan in a De Maupassant short story, Isabella later told me, and had taken it for her own.
There are mistresses of men from all factions, and courtesans who could entertain a man who is Montagnard tonight and one who is a Petrine legate tomorrow.
Most noble females were beautiful, pampered courtesans, whose impeccably smooth skin glistened from lotions and photoactive paints.
All kinds of people: wormrunners and harijan, poets and phantasts, and even two beautiful courtesans who were highly placed in the Society of courtesans.
So as the caravan left the Nile behind and began winding through the 2,400 wards and quarters of Cairo, it was carefully followed by Janissaries, not to mention hundreds of beggars, Vagabonds, pedlars, courtesans, and curious boys.
A wild scene in the Harz Mountains gives way to an enchanted hail in which are seen the most famous courtesans of ancient history--Phryne, Lais, Aspasia, Cleopatra, and Helen of Troy.