What does "courtesan" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "courtesan"?

Common synonyms include: paramour, adventuress, aspasia, cocotte, concubine, delilah.

/kɔːtɪˈzæn/ noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

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
a woman who cohabits with an important man wordnet
3
The mistress of a royal or noble. dated
4
A woman of a royal or noble court. archaic
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)."

"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?"

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