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courtesans

noun , plural of courtesan

Synonyms and Antonyms of courtesans

a woman who engages in sexual activities for money

the protagonist of the novel is a composite of several real-life courtesans who plied their trade among the decadent aristocracy

Synonyms of courtesans

bawds, call girls, cocottes, drabs, harlots, hookers, hustlers, prostitutes, sex workers, streetwalkers, strumpets, tarts, whores

Words Related to courtesans

madams, madames (or mesdames)

chippies, doxies, floozies, tramps

hussies, jades, minxes

coquettes, flirts, libertines, sirens, tempters, temptresses, vamps, wenches

Phrases Synonymous with courtesans

women of the street

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