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Courtesan
//kɔːtɪˈzæn// noun
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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)."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano (“courtier”), from corte (“court”), itself from Latin cohors.
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