Synonyms for courtesan

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kawr-tuh-zuh n, kohr-, kur-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr tə zən, ˈkoʊr-, ˈkɜr-

Définition of courtesan

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana "prostitute," literally "woman of the court," fem. of cortigiano "one attached to a court," from corte "court," from Latin cortem (see court (n.)).

noun mistress

Example sentences :

From the first to the last moment of her reign, she combined the courtesan with the assassin.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

For Dawson was at this time the Mecca of the gambler and the courtesan.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

First I hated you, when I dreamed you to be but a courtesan traitress.
Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne

And the monk touched with his lips the forehead of the courtesan.
Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France

In the diffident manner was nothing of the art of the courtesan.
Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser

This heroine was once familiar to the eyes of all Paris, and notorious as a courtesan.
Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham

These qualities raised the courtesan to a singular position.
Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham

It is the little foot of this courtesan which spurns them into the abyss.
Extract from : « The Mesmerist's Victim » by Alexandre Dumas

I prefer to call her Zibeline—that name is better suited to a courtesan.
Extract from : « Zibeline, Complete » by Phillipe de Massa

She was a courtesan, but educated and refined in taste, beautiful and attractive.
Extract from : « A History of Roman Literature » by Harold North Fowler

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