concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour
(noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man
Source: WordNet® 3.1
courtesan (plural courtesans)
(archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court.
(dated) The mistress of a royal or noble.
A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
Synonym: Thesaurus:prostitute
• acentrous, ancestour, auncestor, courantes, ctenosaur, nectarous, outrances
Source: Wiktionary
Cour"te*san (kr"t-zn; 277), n. Etym: [F. courtisane, fr. courtisan courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It. cortigiana, or Sp. cortesana. See Court.]
Definition: A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
