Usually means: Formal bow, typically by women.
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  1. curtsey: Merriam-Webster
  2. curtsey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curtsey: Collins English Dictionary
  4. curtsey: Vocabulary.com
  5. curtsey: Wordnik
  6. curtsey: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. curtsey: Wiktionary
  8. curtsey: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. curtsey: Dictionary.com
  10. Curtsey: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. curtsey: Rhymezone
  12. curtsey: FreeDictionary.org
  13. curtsey: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. curtsey: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See curtseying as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (curtsey)

noun:  A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.
verb:  To make a curtsey.

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