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Definition of Courtesan
1. Noun. A woman who cohabits with an important man.
Generic synonyms: Fancy Woman, Kept Woman, Mistress
Specialized synonyms: Odalisque
Definition of Courtesan
1. n. A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
Definition of Courtesan
1. Noun. (archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) The mistress of a royal or noble. ¹
3. Noun. A prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Courtesan
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtesan
Literary usage of Courtesan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Passion and Criminality in France: A Legal and Literary Study by Louis Proal (1901)
"From the glorification of love to the rehabilitation of the courtesan by love is
only a step. When Corneille put on the stage The'odora, virgin and martyr, ..."
2. Woman; Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized by William C. King (1902)
"THE LEARNED courtesan OF ATHENS. ... at Miletus in Asia Minor and removed to
Athens when young, becoming, it is said, the leader of the courtesan class. ..."
3. Passion and Criminality: A Legal and Literary Study by Louis Proal, Alfred Richard Allinson (1905)
"From the glorification of love to the rehabilitation of the courtesan by love is
only a step. When Corneille put on the stage Theodora, virgin and martyr, ..."
4. A Foreign View of England in the Reigns of George I. & George II.: The by César de Saussure (1902)
"... on May Day—Oak leaves—The leeks of Wales—Crosses—Bridewell—About a thief who
is there —About a courtesan who is there—About another courtesan. ..."
5. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1874)
"... of India often depended upon the attractions of the chief courtesan, who
allured all the rich nobles and merchants from the surrounding countries. ..."
6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The received name of a lively, petulant courtesan, in the later Greek comedy.
Lampoon. Sir Walter Scott says, ".These personal and scandalous libels, ..."
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