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courtesan

[kawr-tuh-zuhn, kur-] / ˈkɔr tə zən, ˈkɜr- /
NOUN
mistress
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Rekhabai's tumultuous life is now the subject of a book, The Last Courtesan - Writing My Mother's Memoir, authored by her son Manish Gaekwad.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2023

By a strange chance, a week after seeing A Mad World I was at the University of York to watch student actors performing John Marston's The Dutch Courtesan.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2013

Her second novel, “The Courtesan and the Samurai,” was published in Britain in March.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2010

Parisian Courtesan Returns, Bearing Feminist Credentials Ballet, because it is centrally concerned with the differences between man and woman, frequently addresses the same issues as feminism, though seldom with the same goals.

From New York Times • May 26, 2010

The Mother makes her request, and asks that she may immediately see her Son graced with a beard; the Courtesan requests that whatever she touches may follow her.

From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)




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