Definition of "hetaira" [hetaira]

• Alternative spelling of hetaera. (noun)

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• "Pheidias because to describe the object of his attentions he used the word hetaira instead of one of those, more blunt and apt, provided by the"
• "Pheidias because to describe the object of his attentions he used the word hetaira instead of one of those, more blunt and apt, provided by the English language."
• "He also believed that the basic nature of the male sex was polygamous, saying that a man needed a "hetaira" outside of his wife or partner - this other would allow him to feel he was reborn spiritually."