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hetaera
noun
[ hɪˈtɪərə ]
• a courtesan or mistress, especially an educated one in ancient Greece.
• "the scene shows the birth of Aphrodite from the sea, and a hetaera, piping"
Origin:
from Greek hetaira, feminine of hetairos ‘companion’.
