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Coquette vs Courtesan - What's the difference?

coquette | courtesan |

As nouns the difference between coquette and courtesan

is that coquette is a woman who flirts or plays with men's affections while courtesan is a woman of a royal or noble court.

As a verb coquette

is an alternative form of lang=en.

coquette

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman who flirts or plays with men's affections.

    • Related terms

    * coquetry * coquettish * coquettishly * coquettishness

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • * 1875 , Herbert Eastwick Compton, Semi-tropical trifles
    • Nobber has no small opinion of himself: he considers himself the Adonis of the Pondaati eleven, and he contemplates society as though it were Venus, and it was his mission to posturize before it, and coquette and toy with it.
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    courtesan

    English

    (wikipedia courtesan)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court.
  • (dated) The mistress of a royal or noble.
  • A prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.

    • References

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