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Definition of Courtesans
1. courtesan [n] - See also: courtesan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtesans
Literary usage of Courtesans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the by William W. Sanger (1876)
"Egyptian Courtesans.—Festival of Bubastis.—Morals in Egypt. ... Egypt was famous
for her courtesans before the time of Herodotus. Egyptian blood runs warm; ..."
2. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1901)
"Sir J. Lubbock and Professor Giraud-Teulon cite some cases of courtesans being
held in greater estimation than women married to a single husband, ..."
3. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1891)
"Sir J. Lubbock and Professor Giraud-Teulon cite some cases of courtesans being
held in greater estimation than women married to a single husband, or, ..."
4. The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the by William W. Sanger (1859)
"CHAPTER II. EGYPT, SYRIA, AND ASIA MINOS. Egyptian Courtesans. ... Egypt was
famous for her courtesans before the time of Herodotus. ..."
5. History of the Working and Burgher Classes by Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac, Benjamin Edwards Green (1871)
"THE Courtesans. THE ancient courtesans, whose history we are about to sketch,
are not those, who were exposed in public houses. These latter offer no lesson ..."
6. Venice: Its Individual Growth from the Earliest Beginnings to the Fall of by Pompeo Molmenti (1908)
"... Courtesans, ADVENTURERS THE boldness and courage which had become accentuated
as characteristics of the late Cinquecento, in the following century were ..."
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