[1] historically, the term referred to a courtier, a person who attended the court of a monarch or other powerful person One associating with noblemen or men of wealth (especially in historical use) a mistress, paramour, or prostitute, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
See examples of courtesan used in a sentence. Meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the oxford english dictionary / ˈkɔːr.t̬ə.zæn / add to word list a woman, usually with a high social position, who in the past had sexual relationships with rich or important men in exchange for money (definition of courtesan from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press)
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