COURTESAN in a Sentence

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1. Fortune is frankly a courtesan, Rapp.
2. They were Phryne, Cleopatra, Messalina, those three celebrated courtesans.

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 Meanings and Examples of COURTESAN
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courtesan
 n.  a woman who cohabits with an important man
Classic Sentence:
1  Fortune is frankly a courtesan, Rapp.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXIX
2  They were Phryne, Cleopatra, Messalina, those three celebrated courtesans.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
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