courtisan

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cortigiano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuʁ.ti.zɑ̃/
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Noun

courtisan m (plural courtisans, feminine courtisane)

  1. courtier
  2. sycophant
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Homais souffrait en écoutant ce discours, et il dissimulait son malaise sous un sourire de courtisan, ayant besoin de ménager M. Canivet, dont les ordonnances quelquefois arrivaient jusqu'à Yonville; […]
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Descendants

  • → English: courtesan
  • → Portuguese: cortesão
  • → Romanian: curtezan

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