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courtezanship

courtezanship is the alternative form of courtesanship.

Meaning of courtesanship

Noun

courtesanship (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a courtesan; harlotry.
    • The first season also failed to produce a narrative arc […] ending with Belle realizing that she wasn’t made for the next level of her profession: courtesanship.2009 January 17, Ginia Bellafante, “She Rents Herself to Buy the Good Things in Life”, in New York Times

Origin of courtezanship

From courtezan + -ship.

Questions about courtezanship

What is courtezanship the alternative form of?
Courtezanship is the alternative form of courtesanship.

Words near courtezanship in the dictionary

  1. courtesying
  2. courtesyings
  3. courteth
  4. courtezan
  5. courtezans
  6. courtezanship
  7. courtful
  8. Courthope
  9. Courthopes
  10. courthouse
  11. courthouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: courtezanship (page history and authors); courtesanship (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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