Geisha
/ˈɡeɪ.ʃə/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
- 2 a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"When a native speaker of Japanese says, "You talk like geisha," he's telling you you're not hip to the extra-grammatical dimensions of his language."
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 芸者(げいしゃ) (geisha, “artisan”), from Middle Chinese 藝 (MC ngjiejH, “art, craft”) + 者 (MC tsyaeX, “-er”).