courtesan.
A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
Meaning & usage
A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
The mistress of a royal or noble.
A woman of a royal or noble court.
A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square, that, when captured, the capturing piece is also eliminated.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano (“courtier”), from corte (“court”), itself from Latin cohors.
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