Hypertext Webster Gateway: "courtesan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Courtesan \Cour"te*san\ (k?r"t?-z?n; 277), n. [F. courtisane,
fr. courtisan courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It.
cortigiana, or Sp. cortesana. See {Court}.]
A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a
harlot.
Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. --Sir H.
Wotton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
courtesan
n : a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: {concubine},
{doxy}, {odalisque}, {paramour}]
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