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courtesan
noun cour·te·san \ˈkȯr-tə-zən, -ˌzan also ˈkər-, -ˌzän; especially British ˌkȯr-tə-ˈzan\
: a woman who has sex with rich or important men in exchange for money : a prostitute who has sex with wealthy and powerful men
Full Definition of COURTESAN
: a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele
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Origin of COURTESAN
Middle French courtisane, from northern Italian dialect form of Italian cortigiana woman courtier, feminine of cortigiano courtier, from corte court, from Latin cohort-, cohors
Related to COURTESAN
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- bawd, call girl, cocotte, prostitute, drab, harlot, hooker, hustler, sex worker, streetwalker, strumpet, tart, whore
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Rhymes with COURTESAN
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