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Meaning of "courtezan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COURTEZAN

courtezan  [ˌkɔ:tɪˈzæn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COURTEZAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Courtezan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COURTEZAN


bipartisan
ˌbaɪpɑːtɪˈzæn
courtesan
ˌkɔːtɪˈzæn
Kazan
kəˈzæn
Lausanne
ləʊˈzæn
nonpartisan
ˌnɒnpɑːtɪˈzæn
nonpartizan
ˌnɒnpɑːtɪˈzæn
paesan
paɪˈzæn
paisan
paɪˈzæn
Parmesan
ˌpɑːmɪˈzæn
partisan
ˌpɑːtɪˈzæn
partizan
ˌpɑːtɪˈzæn
ptisan
tɪˈzæn
tisane
tɪˈzæn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COURTEZAN

courteous
courteously
courteousness
courter
courtesan
courtesies
courtesy
courtesy bus
courtesy call
courtesy car
courtesy card
courtesy coach
courtesy light
courtesy title
courtesy visit
courthouse
courtier
courtierism
courtierlike
courtierly

WORDS THAT END LIKE COURTEZAN

Afghanistan
African
Akan
Alan
American
an
as one man
Asian
Australian
azan
Balikpapan
bartizan
chazan
Fezzan
hazan
hazzan
Ramazan
Ryazan
Tarzan
to a man

Synonyms and antonyms of courtezan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «courtezan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COURTEZAN

Find out the translation of courtezan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of courtezan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «courtezan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

courtezan
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cortesana
570 millions of speakers

English

courtezan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

courtezan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

courtezan
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

courtezan
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cortesã
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বারমুখ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

courtisane
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Courtezan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dirne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

courtezan
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

courtezan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Courtezan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

courtezan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

courtezan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोर्टाझन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fahişe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cortigiana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

courtezan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

courtezan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curtezană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

courtezan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

courtezan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

courtezan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

courtezan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of courtezan

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COURTEZAN»

The term «courtezan» is used very little and occupies the 174.326 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of courtezan
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COURTEZAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «courtezan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «courtezan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about courtezan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COURTEZAN»

Discover the use of courtezan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to courtezan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Courtezan for the Priest
Fiona Walters. way to bring the facts to light. She has expected him either to come clean or resolve to take appropriate action against being further compromised. He does neither but he does provide the address, reiterating that she will not ...
Fiona Walters, 2013
2
Della-Wu, Chinese Courtezan: And Other Love Tales
This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.
Frank Owen, 2013
3
The Happy Courtezan: Or, the Prude Demolish'D. an Epistle ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Teresia Constantia Muilman, 2010
4
The Courtezan Olympi: An Intimate Survey of Artists and ...
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
C. J. Bulliet, 2010
5
The Generous Courtezan
Three plays. Camber and Thuringia is a dramatic masque written for the marriage of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha with the Prince of Wales, 1736.
6
History of Roman Literature . .: From its̓ earliest period ...
In a play of Terence, one of the characters, talking of the train of a courtezan, says , " Ducitur familia tota, Vestispicae, uhctor, auri custos, flabelliferse, sandaligerulae, Cantrices, cistellatrices, nuncii, renuncii."1 The Greek courtezan possessed ...
John Colin Dunlop, 1824
7
The travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia: from a Greek ...
Conversion of the courtezan Damo.—A dinner at Lajihenia's. — Description of afage—Andapi- turv of Envy. s\n our return we met a flave of Lasthenia's, ^.^ who was coming to inform her that Polemon and Damo were at her house. " Ah !" cried  ...
Étienne-François de Lantier, 1799
8
Tales, Romances, Apologues, Anecedotes and Novels: Florian, ...
abbé François Blanchet, Barthélemy Imbert, Florian, Pierre Antoine de La Place, Jean-François marquis de Saint-Lambert, M. Bret (Antoine). veral of them together: they even directed the shepherds to drive their flocks to those places near ...
abbé François Blanchet, Barthélemy Imbert, Florian, 1786
9
The Plays of John Marston ...: Preface. Acknowledgements. ...
THE Dutch Courtezan. AS IT WAS PLAYD IN THE Blacke Friers by the Children of her Maiefties Reuels. Written BY IOHN MARSTON. [Device, not in McKerrow]. AT LONDON Printed by T.P. for Iohn Hodges, and are to be fould at his fhoppe in  ...
John Marston, Henry Harvey Wood
10
The dictionary historical and critical of Mr. Peter Bayle
Some Historians treat her as a Courtezan (i) ; which makes it the easier to apprehend, why Marc Antony gave Judgment in favour of Sisinna. But, how probable soever This Calumny may seem, it is not impossible, that the Friendssiip Marc ...
Pierre Bayle, Pierre Desmaizeaux, Anthelme Tricaud, 1739

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COURTEZAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term courtezan is used in the context of the following news items.
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SummerFest 2015 at Lexington's Moondance Amphitheater
ALY MILLER plays the Courtezan, and was last seen on stage “about a year ago with a BCTC show called The Diviners. I feel that both of my ... «Ace Weekly, Jun 15»
2
Patriot & Union - March 3, 1863: Rich man's war, poor man's fight …
DANGEROUS PRACTICE - A noted courtezan of this city fell asleep while reading in bed, was set on fire by the candle which was left alight, ... «PennLive.com, Mar 13»
3
Elizabeth Spriggs
At Stratford-on-Avon in 1965 her roles included Courtezan in The Comedy of Errors, Phrynia in Timon of Athens and a blowsy Gertrude to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Courtezan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/courtezan>. Apr 2024 ».
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