courtesans
Paid noble companions
Courtesans were high-class prostitutes or kept mistresses, typically associated with royal courts or wealthy patrons in historical Europe and Asia.
Unlike common prostitutes, courtesans often possessed education, artistic accomplishments, and social influence, serving as companions and confidantes to powerful men: The Venetian courtesans were renowned for their wit and beauty.
The term now sounds archaic or literary.
Japanese arts entertainer
- concubineSecondary female partner
- mistressIllicit female lover
- paramourLover in secret affair
- consortRoyal spouse
kept woman · royal favor · palace · harem · seraglio · patronage · nobility · aristocracy
Superior select group
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- powerfulHaving great strength
- influentialHaving considerable effect
high-class · sophisticated · elegant · glamorous · luxury · silk · jewels · adornment
French given name
- AspasiaAncient Greek hetaera-philosopher
- Mata HariArchetype of seductive espionage
- Moulin RougeHistoric Parisian cabaret
- La TraviataOpera about fallen woman
Dangerous Liaisons · romance · novel · biography · memoir · portrait · muse · inspiration
Metrical literary composition
- musicOrganized auditory art
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- witClever, inventive humor
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
calligraphy · literature · refinement · accomplishment · entertaining · singing · instruments · shamisen
geisha
Japanese arts entertainer
consort · kept woman · royal favor · palace · harem · seraglio · patronage · nobility · aristocracy · emperor
elite
Superior select group
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- powerfulHaving great strength
influential · high-class · sophisticated · elegant · glamorous · luxury · silk · jewels · adornment · beauty
Camille
French given name
- AspasiaAncient Greek hetaera-philosopher
- Mata HariArchetype of seductive espionage
- Moulin RougeHistoric Parisian cabaret
La Traviata · Dangerous Liaisons · romance · novel · biography · memoir · portrait · muse · inspiration
poetry
Metrical literary composition
conversation · calligraphy · literature · refinement · accomplishment · entertaining · singing · instruments · shamisen · sitar
- Edo Japanshogun, samurai, shogunate, daimyo, Tokugawa
- Belle EpoqueMoulin Rouge, cancan, can-can, absinthe, Art Nouveau
- Roman decadencedecadence, excess, extravagance, opulence, luxury
- sexual customssexual norms, sexual taboos, marriage customs, virginity, chastity
- women in paintingportraits, nudes, Madonna, Venus, odalisque
- cafe societysocialites, glitterati, bon vivants, jet setters, debutantes
courtesanswives
Married female partners
matrons · married women · housewives · matriarchs · brides
courtesansstreetwalkers
Those selling sex publicly
prostitutes · harlots · camp followers · sex workers · call girls