Courtesan, in modern usage, is a euphemism for a kept mistress or prostitute, particularly one with wealthy, powerful, or influential clients. The term...

Look up courtesan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Courtesan is a female courtier. Courtesan may also refer to: A prostitute, catering to clients of...

Hell Courtesan (Japanese: 地獄太夫, romanized: Jigoku Dayū) is a legendary figure originating in Edo Japanese folklore. The Hell Courtesan has been portrayed...

Honest Courtesan is a 1992 biographical book by Margaret Rosenthal about a 16th-century Venetian courtesan named Veronica Franco. The Venetian courtesan has...

Glycera (Ancient Greek: Γλυκέρα) (the sweet one) was a popular name often used for Hellenistic hetaerae, held by: The daughter of Thalassis and the mistress...

This list of prostitutes and courtesans includes famous persons who have engaged in prostitution and courtesan work. Rahab of Jericho Aspasia, Greek hetaera...

Intimate Confessions Of A Chinese Courtesan (Chinese: 愛奴; pinyin: Ai Nu) is a 1972 Hong Kong film directed by Chor Yuen and starring Lily Ho. As a Shaw...

Alphonsine Rose Plessis; 15 January 1824 – 3 February 1847) was a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men. She was the inspiration...

on the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, the film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice who becomes...

A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan, dancing girl or female entertainer who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during...

Nicopolis (born c.150 BC) was a Roman hetaira possibly of Greek origin. She was likely a former slave from Greece, who earned her fortune as a prostitute...

Philip and Olympias were said to have brought in a high-priced Thessalian courtesan named Callixena. According to Athenaeus, Callixena was employed by Olympias...

from Malay, "sun" or "eye of the day"), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was...

Oiran (花魁) is a collective term for the highest-ranking courtesans in Japanese history, who were considered to be above common prostitutes (known as yūjo...

The Courtesans of Bombay is a 1983 British docudrama directed by Ismail Merchant. A collaboration by Merchant, James Ivory, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The...

"Ambapālika", "Ambapali", or "Amra" was a celebrated nagarvadhu (royal courtesan) of the Republic of Vaishali (located in present-day Bihar) in ancient...

Veronica Franco (1546–1591) was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th-century Venice. She is known for her notable clientele, feminist advocacy, literary...

Portrait of a Courtesan (also known as Portrait of Fillide) was a painting by the Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Painted between 1597...

Wáng Wēi (Chinese: 王微; 1597–1647), also known by her courtesy name Xiūwēi (Chinese: 修微), was a Chinese Gējì, poet, and traveller during the late Ming dynasty...

The Courtesans Reply is a poetry pamphlet written by Shazea Quraishi, published as part of flipped eye publishing’s flap series. The work is no. 7 in the...

Grace Dalrymple Elliott (c. 1754 – 16 May 1823) was a Scottish courtesan, writer and spy resident in Paris during the French Revolution. She was an eyewitness...

Berloget), also known as Pauline and Arthur W, was a French transgender courtesan, demimondaine, singer, artist, and writer who was prominent in Parisian...

October 1586, near Tours), dame de Couy, was a French (originally Italian) courtesan. She was the mother of Diane de France. Her father was Gian Antonio Duci...

Courtesan (Spanish: Cortesana) is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed and co-written by Alberto Gout and starring Crox Alvarado, Meche Barba and Gustavo...

The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan (Korean: 1724 기방난동사건; RR: 1724 Gibang-nandong sageon; literally "Gibang riot in 1724") is a 2008 South...

made up the first quarter of the fifth century BC. The story is about a courtesan, Vasantasena (Rekha), and her chance meeting with a poor Brahmin man,...

The following is a list of prostitutes and courtesans of antiquity mentioned by ancient sources. Images of Hermes which stood in a row in the Athenian...

young Brahmin, Sanskrit: Cārudatta, who falls in love with a wealthy courtesan or nagarvadhu, Sanskrit: Vasantasenā. Despite their mutual affection,...

Seymour Bell (1829–1894, married name Thistlethwayte) was an Irish-born courtesan of Victorian England. She was most notorious for the Nepalese Prime Minister...

Fillide Melandroni (Siena, 1581 – Rome, 1618) was an Italian courtesan and friend of the painter Caravaggio, who used her as a model in several of his...