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Definition of courtesan in English: courtesannoun ˌkɔːtɪˈzanˈkɔːtɪzan literary A prostitute, especially one with wealthy or upper-class clients. 〈主诗/文〉（尤指与达官显贵周旋的）高等妓女，交际花 they diverted their remaining funds into frequenting courtesans Example sentencesExamples - In our society, women are condemned to be either courtesans or whores.
- Punning on the meaning of grande as tall or as grand in the social sense, the seventeenth-century commentator noted the reference to the courtesans and prostitutes of Venice.
- She is not a realistic prostitute, but a courtesan, a prominent figure in Indian literature.
- Nobody in Japan would dream of confusing top Gion geisha with high - class courtesans, let alone prostitutes, the myth that continues to prevail about geisha in the West.
- Geishas broke apart from courtesans / prostitutes sometime around the 1500s- 1600s, so the two are somewhat similar.
Synonyms prostitute, whore, sex worker, call girl, white slave
OriginMid 16th century: from French courtisane, from obsolete Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano 'courtier', from corte (see court). RhymesAberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan Definition of courtesan in US English: courtesannoun literary A prostitute, especially one with wealthy or upper-class clients. 〈主诗/文〉（尤指与达官显贵周旋的）高等妓女，交际花 they diverted their remaining funds into frequenting courtesans Example sentencesExamples - Geishas broke apart from courtesans / prostitutes sometime around the 1500s- 1600s, so the two are somewhat similar.
- In our society, women are condemned to be either courtesans or whores.
- She is not a realistic prostitute, but a courtesan, a prominent figure in Indian literature.
- Punning on the meaning of grande as tall or as grand in the social sense, the seventeenth-century commentator noted the reference to the courtesans and prostitutes of Venice.
- Nobody in Japan would dream of confusing top Gion geisha with high - class courtesans, let alone prostitutes, the myth that continues to prevail about geisha in the West.
Synonyms prostitute, whore, sex worker, call girl, white slave
OriginMid 16th century: from French courtisane, from obsolete Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano ‘courtier’, from corte (see court). |