Courtesan Definition

kôrtĭ-zən
courtesans
noun
courtesans
A prostitute, esp. one catering to men of wealth or nobility.
Webster's New World

A mistress of a king or of a man of wealth or nobility.

Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
courtesan
Plural:
courtesans

Origin of Courtesan

  • French courtisane from Old French from Old Italian cortigiana feminine of cortigiano courtier from corte court from Latin cohors cohort- gher-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano ‘courtier’, from corte ‘court’.

    From Wiktionary

Courtesan Sentence Examples

  • Subsequently she lived as a courtesan under the name of Mdlle Lange.

  • In 1911, a young republican activist visits a beautiful courtesan.

  • The Opera is inspired by Alexandre Dumas's celebrated novel about a tragic love story of a sick Parisian courtesan.

  • Lois has transgressed against the behavior expected of her gender and class just as much as if she had indeed become a courtesan.

  • The illustration shows the opening scene in the house of Violetta Valery, a young Parisian courtesan.

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