Courtesan

//kɔːtɪˈzæn// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.

    "What wine, what drug, what philtre known of man / Will drown this ancient foe, / Ruthless and ravenous as a courtesan, / Sure as an ant, and slow?"

  2. 2
    a woman who cohabits with an important man wordnet
  3. 3
    The mistress of a royal or noble. dated
  4. 4
    A woman of a royal or noble court. archaic
  5. 5
    A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square, that, when captured, the capturing piece is also eliminated.

    "The courtesan moves like a mann, but whatever piece captures her is also removed from the board (unless it’s a king)."

Etymology

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

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