Definition of "geisha" []

• One of a class of professional women in Japan trained from girlhood in conversation, dancing, and singing in order to entertain professional or social gatherings of men. (noun)

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• "The word geisha means “arts person” and the geisha is trained in the art of intriguing men with her most effective tool—her mind."
• "In his letter to Chiyo, Mr. Tanaka says The training of a geisha is an arduous path."
• "To my mind, a first-class geisha is more analogous to a kept mistress in our culture than to a prostitute."