prostitute with an upper-class clientele
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Courtesan Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
courtesan
\cour"te*san\ (k?r"t?-z?n; 277), n. [f. courtisane, fr. courtisan courtier, it. cortigiano; or directly fr. it. cortigiana, or sp. cortesana. see court.] a woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. lasciviously decked like a courtesan. h. wotton.
Noun
1. a woman who cohabits with an important man
(synonym) concubine, doxy, odalisque, paramour
(hypernym) mistress, kept woman, fancy woman
Courtesan Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A courtesan was originally a female courtier, which means a person who attends the court of a monarch or other powerful person.
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