courtesan

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈkɔɹtɪzən/|/ˈkɔɹtɪzæn/|/ˈkoɹtɪzən/|/ˈkoɹtɪzæn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
    — 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?
  2. The mistress of a royal or noble. dated
  3. A woman of a royal or noble court. archaic
  4. A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square, that, when captured, the capturing piece is also eliminated.
    — The courtesan moves like a mann, but whatever piece captures her is also removed from the board (unless it’s a king).

词形变化

courtesans plural courtezan alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
courtesanship

词源

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