Definition of COURTESAN

courtesan

Plural: courtesans

Noun

  • a woman who cohabits with an important man
  • A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
  • The mistress of a royal or noble.
  • A woman of a royal or noble court.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

concubine, doxy, paramour, 'ho, Bankside lady, Covent Garden nun, Dutch widow, Fulham virgin, GRO, Haymarket ware, Japayuki-san, KTV girl, Paphian, Suzi Wong, Suzie Wong, Suzy Wong, abandons, alley cat, almah, bangtail, bargirl, bat, beotch, blouze, blowen, blowsabella, brass, brass nail, brasser, broad, business girl, calico queen, callet, cat, chippy, chromo, coaster, cockatrice, cocotte, comfort girl, comfort woman, commoner, creature of the night, croshabell, daughter of joy, dollymop, drab, escort, fille de joie, flap, floozie, fornicatrix, frail sister, gamester, gay lady, geebag, gill, gillian, girl rented overnight, good-time girl, hackney, harlot, hireling, hoe, hoer, hook, hooker, hustler, jay, karayuki-san, laced mutton, lady of leisure, lady of light virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the evening, lady of the night, lightskirt, loose woman, lot lizard, meat puppet, meretrix, mermaid, minx, mob, moll, mort wap-apace, mot, mud kicker, mud-kicker, mudkicker, musk cat, mutton, nun, nymph of darkness, nymph of the pavement, nymph of the pavé, painted lady, party girl, pavement princess, perdita, pimpette, pretty horsebreaker, priestess of Venus, pro, pro skirt, pross, prossie, prossy, prostie, prostitute, prostitutor, prosty, prozzie, prozzy, public woman, pucelle, puella publica, pug, punk, pussygirl, put, puta, quail, quean, quene, quiff, ribibe, scrubber, sex labourer, sex worker, skainsmate, skivvy, slag, slapper, slit, slut, sodomitess, soiled dove, stem siren, stew, street taco, strumpet, succubus, tart, tawaif, thot, thotty, tib, tom, treddle, trick turner, trollop, trug, trull, tweak, vice girl, wanton, wapping dell, wapping moll, wapping mort, wench, whore, woman of easy virtue, woman of ill fame, woman of ill repute, woman of the night, woman of the street, woman of the town, working girl

Scrabble Score: 11

courtesan: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
courtesan: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
courtesan: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

courtesan: valid Words With Friends Word