English to Latin Meaning of courtesan - scortum

Courtesan :

scortum

noun

mulieris meretricis,, scortum, cunnus, moechae

Courtesan :: meretrixCourtesans :: meretricibus

← Courteous

courtesy →

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Definitions of courtesan in English

Noun(1) a woman who cohabits with an important man

Examples of courtesan in English

(1) She is not a realistic prostitute, but a courtesan , a prominent figure in Indian literature.(2) Geishas broke apart from courtesans / prostitutes sometime around the 1500s- 1600s, so the two are somewhat similar.(3) Nobody in Japan would dream of confusing top Gion geisha with high - class courtesans , let alone prostitutes, the myth that continues to prevail about geisha in the West.(4) Punning on the meaning of grande as tall or as grand in the social sense, the seventeenth-century commentator noted the reference to the courtesans and prostitutes of Venice.(5) In our society, women are condemned to be either courtesans or whores.

(1) be courteous ::

humiles

(2) be too courteous ::

quod nimium

(3) refined and courteous ::

elegantius nihil humanius

Synonyms

Noun

1. paramour ::

adulteri

2. concubine ::

concubina

3. doxy ::

doxy

Different Forms

courtesan, courtesans

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