Usually means: Paid companion, often artistically skilled.
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  1. courtesan: Merriam-Webster
  2. courtesan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. courtesan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. courtesan: Collins English Dictionary
  5. courtesan: Vocabulary.com
  6. Courtesan, courtesan: Wordnik
  7. courtesan: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. courtesan: Wiktionary
  9. courtesan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. courtesan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. courtesan: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Courtesan, courtesan: Dictionary.com
  13. courtesan: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Courtesan (disambiguation), Courtesan (film), Courtesan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Courtesan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. courtesan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. courtesan: Rhymezone
  18. Courtesan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. courtesan: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. courtesan: FreeDictionary.org
  21. courtesan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. courtesan: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. courtesan: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. courtesan: Encyclopedia

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  1. courtesan: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. courtesan: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
▸ noun:  (dated) The mistress of a royal or noble.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court.

Similar:
odalisque, doxy, concubine, paramour, courtezan, lady of pleasure, courtieress, fille de joie, lady of leisure, courtezanship, more...

Opposite:
nobleman, aristocrat, lord, lady

Phrases:
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, The Honest Courtesan, more...

Adjectives:
famous, beautiful, celebrated, great, young, greek, venetian, notorious, old, french, athenian

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Similar:
odalisque, doxy, concubine, paramour, courtezan, lady of pleasure, courtieress, fille de joie, lady of leisure, courtezanship, more...

Opposite:
nobleman, aristocrat, lord, lady

Phrases:
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, The Honest Courtesan, more...

Adjectives:
famous, beautiful, celebrated, great, young, greek, venetian, notorious, old, french, athenian

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     burgundy,     ruby,     amethyst, more...



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