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   courtesan

   /ˌkɔːtɪˈzan/

   noun

   • 1. a prostitute, especially one with wealthy or upper-class clients: literary "they diverted their remaining funds into frequenting courtesans"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French courtisane, from obsolete Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano ‘courtier’, from corte (see court).

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