单词	courtesan
释义	courtesancour‧te‧san /ˌkɔːtɪˈzæn $ ˈkɔːrtɪzən/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcourtesan Origin: 1500-1600 French courtisane, from Old Italian cortigiana ‘female courtier’, from corte ‘court’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Chameau, camel, was slang for an old courtesan. Dancing women and courtesans were forced to marry. He looked over his shoulder and smiled at Cecily the courtesan as she swept the porch of the church. Here were still the great theatres, whose promenades had been paraded by the most sublime courtesans of the age. Here, Drachenfels incarcerated a courtesan who displeased him, and inflicted a dreadful curse on her. True, she was not Warren's courtesan, but what of Benedict? Violetta is hardly the type to let lingering illness disrupt her lusty courtesan life. Was she to be regarded as a ghost, a courtesan, lost lamb, misunderstood goddess? a woman who had sex with rich or important men for money in the past → prostitute
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