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courtesan

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9 lettersPronunciation /kɔːtɪˈzæn/Part of speech nounSorted acenorstuStarts with CEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a woman who cohabits with an important man

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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?
  • The courtesan moves like a mann, but whatever piece captures her is also removed from the board (unless it’s a king).

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