courtesan

Meaning

1. A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
2. (dated) The mistress of a royal or noble.
3. (archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court.
4. A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square, that, when captured, the capturing piece is also eliminated.

Synonyms

prostitute

harlot

concubine

paramour

strumpet

doxy

whore

call girl

beauty

mistress

quean

siren

trollop

odalisque

hetaera

tart

kept women

trull

fast woman

lady of pleasure

secondary wife

ladylove

promiscuous woman

courtezan

streetwalker

Translations

cortigiana

Kurtisane

cortesana

courtisane

cortesã

courtisane

concubina

courtisan

concubina

grue

prostituta

odalisque

Mätresse

Konkubine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔːtɪˈzæn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano (“courtier”), from corte (“court”), itself from Latin cohors.