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courtesan

/kawr-tuh-zuhn, kohr-, kur-/US // ˈkɔr tə zən, ˈkoʊr-, ˈkɜr- //UK // (ˌkɔːtɪˈzæn) //

歌妓,宫女,妓女,宫廷女郎

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.

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Examples

  • She introduces us to explorers, pilots, warriors, spies, writers, queens, traitors, courtesans, athletes and politicians we’ve not heard of before.

  • Tonya Jone Miller, who describes herself as an “aural courtesan,” has run the Bay City Blues sex-line for nine years.

  • She 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 look was inspired by Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan, and the World War I spy Mata Hari.

  • The 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.

  • Couture was always welcome at the home of the courtesan, who dreamed, perhaps, of making him her husband.

  • First I hated you, when I dreamed you to be but a courtesan traitress.

  • Wilhelmine turned to her and, bending, kissed the old courtesan on the brow.

  • In fact, they are on a level with the common, paid courtesan,—the lowest rank there is.