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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of courtezan in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of courtezan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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