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courtezan
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Courtesan, Courtezannoun
A woman of the town; a prostitute; a strumpet.
Etymology: cortisana, low Latin.
’Tis a brave night to cool a courtezan. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
With them there are no stews, no dissolute houses, no courtesans, nor any thing of that kind; nay, they wonder, with detestation, at you in Europe, which permit such things. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.
The Corinthian is a column, lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Henry Wotton.
Charixus, the brother of Sappho, in love with Rhodope the courtezan, spent his whole estate upon her. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of courtezan in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of courtezan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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