Definition of "courtesans" [courtesans]

• Plural form of courtesan. (noun)

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• "This time the story is set in the tight-knit world of courtesans aka classy prostitutes of the Belle Époque, the French age of innocence which preceded the carnage of the First World War."
• "Before I saw titled courtesans I had read Boccaccio and Bandello; above all, I had read Shakespeare."
• "Among them literature and sensuality appeared in revolting combination, for their courtesans were their only females who attended to the culture of the intellect."