courtesan
(especially in historical use) a mistress, paramour, or prostitute, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
Origin of courtesan
1- Sometimes cour·te·zan .
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How to use courtesan in a sentence
Like courtesans in a ballroom, each protein bounces around the cell, temporarily grabbing onto another protein before leaving them to find the next.
This Algorithm Designs Proteins From Scratch to Accelerate Drug Discovery | Shelly Fan | March 24, 2022 | Singularity HubKushiel’s Dart, a story of courtesans, angels, politics, and intrigue, focuses on the unlikely heroine Phèdre nó Delaunay, who is born with a red mote in her eye—which portends that she is destined to find pleasure in pain.
8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Deserve a Screen Adaptation | Leigh Butler | February 3, 2022 | TimeShe introduces us to explorers, pilots, warriors, spies, writers, queens, traitors, courtesans, athletes and politicians we’ve not heard of before.
Meet the forgotten rebels and quiet revolutionaries of women’s history | Lisa Birnbach | March 5, 2021 | Washington PostTonya Jone Miller, who describes herself as an “aural courtesan,” has run the Bay City Blues sex-line for nine years.
Sex, Suicide, and Homework: The Secret World of the Telephone Hotline | Tim Teeman | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe killed herself in 1925 and she also may have been a courtesan, I discovered a few years ago.
Instead, Violet is kidnapped and solid to a rival courtesan house, where she is trained by an older courtesan named Magic Gourd.
The Business of Sex: Amy Tan’s ‘The Valley of Amazement’ on Shanghai Courtesans | Jane Ciabattari | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe look was inspired by Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan, and the World War I spy Mata Hari.
Deconstructing Lady Gaga's 5 Bras in "Applause" | Erin Cunningham | August 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Girl Who Loved Camellias by Julie Kavanagh The courtesan who seduced Paris—and inspired Dumas and La Traviata.
But to be really loved by a courtesan: that is a victory of infinitely greater difficulty.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsCouture was always welcome at the home of the courtesan, who dreamed, perhaps, of making him her husband.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheFirst I hated you, when I dreamed you to be but a courtesan traitress.
The Lion's Brood | Duffield OsborneWilhelmine turned to her and, bending, kissed the old courtesan on the brow.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayIn fact, they are on a level with the common, paid courtesan,—the lowest rank there is.
Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant
British Dictionary definitions for courtesan
courtezan
/ (ˌkɔːtɪˈzæn) /
(esp formerly) a prostitute, or the mistress of a man of rank
Origin of courtesan
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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