"courtesan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɔːtɪˈzæn/ (note: UK, non-rhotic), /ˈkɔːtɪzæn/ (note: UK, non-rhotic), /ˈkɔːtɪzən/ (note: UK, non-rhotic), /kɔɹtɪˈzæn/ (note: UK, rhotic), /ˈkɔɹtɪzæn/ (note: UK, rhotic), /ˈkɔɹtɪzən/ (note: UK, rhotic), /ˈkɔɹtɪzən/ [US], /ˈkɔɹtɪzæn/ [US], /ˈkoɹtɪzən/ [US], /ˈkoɹtɪzæn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-courtesan.wav Forms: courtesans [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano (“courtier”), from corte (“court”), itself from Latin cohors. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|courtisane}} Middle French courtisane, {{der|en|it|cortigiana}} Italian cortigiana, {{der|en|la|cohors}} Latin cohors Head templates: {{en-noun}} courtesan (plural courtesans)
  1. A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients. Categories (topical): Female people, Prostitution Synonyms: prostitute Translations (high-status prostitute): ἑταίρα (hetaíra) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَحْظِيّة (maḥẓiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), կուրտիզանուհի (kurtizanuhi) (Armenian), պերճաղիճ (perčaġič) (Armenian), куртыза́нка (kurtyzánka) [feminine] (Belarusian), куртиза́нка (kurtizánka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cortesana [feminine] (Catalan), 妓女 (jìnǚ) (english: prostitute) (Chinese Mandarin), 高級妓女 (Chinese Mandarin), 高级妓女 (gāojí jìnǚ) (Chinese Mandarin), kurtizána [feminine] (Czech), kurtisane [common-gender] (Danish), courtisane [feminine] (Dutch), seurapiirihuora (Finnish), kurtisaani (Finnish), courtisane [feminine] (French), cortesá [feminine] (Galician), Kurtisane [feminine] (German), κοκότα (kokóta) [feminine] (Greek), kurtizán (Hungarian), kéjnő (Hungarian), prostituta [feminine] (Italian), cortigiana [feminine] (Italian), 娼婦 (shōfu) (english: prostitute) (alt: しょうふ) (Japanese), 高級娼婦 (kōkyū shōfu) (alt: こうきゅうしょうふ) (Japanese), 창녀 (changnyeo) (english: prostitute) (Korean), 고급 창녀 (gogeup changnyeo) (Korean), куртиза́на (kurtizána) [feminine] (Macedonian), streebagh (Manx), āhuiyani (Nahuatl), kurtyzana [feminine] (Polish), cortesã [feminine] (Portuguese), curtezană [feminine] (Romanian), куртиза́нка (kurtizánka) [feminine] (Russian), куртиза̀на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kurtizàna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kurtizána [feminine] (Slovak), kurtizana [feminine] (Slovene), cortesana (Spanish), kurtisan [common-gender] (Swedish), куртиза́нка (kurtyzánka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), đĩ quý phái (Vietnamese), đĩ hạng sang (Vietnamese)
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  2. (dated) The mistress of a royal or noble. Tags: dated Translations (mistress): kurtisaani (Finnish), kurtyzana [feminine] (Polish), куртиза́нка (kurtizánka) [feminine] (Russian), kurtisan [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-courtesan-en-noun-ABof-16I Disambiguation of 'mistress': 0 100 0
  3. (archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court. Tags: archaic Translations (woman of court): hovinainen (Finnish), cortesá [feminine] (Galician), Hofdame [feminine] (German), cortigiana [feminine] (Italian), 宮廷の女 (kyūtei no onna) (alt: きゅうていのおんな) (Japanese), cortesã [feminine] (Portuguese), куртиза́нка (kurtizánka) [feminine] (Russian), придво́рная (pridvórnaja) [feminine] (Russian), hovdam [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-courtesan-en-noun-eDty12Gs Disambiguation of 'woman of court': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: courtezan Derived forms: courtesanship

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "kéjnő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prostituta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cortigiana"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "prostitute",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōfu",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "娼婦"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうきゅうしょうふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkyū shōfu",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "高級娼婦"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "prostitute",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "changnyeo",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "창녀"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gogeup changnyeo",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "고급 창녀"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kurtizána",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "куртиза́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "streebagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "āhuiyani"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kurtyzana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cortesã"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "curtezană"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kurtizánka",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "куртиза́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "куртиза̀на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kurtizàna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kurtizána"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kurtizana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "cortesana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kurtisan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kurtyzánka",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "куртиза́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "đĩ quý phái"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "high-status prostitute",
      "word": "đĩ hạng sang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "courtesan"
}

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