Meaning of grande horizontale | Babel Free

Definitions

A high-status prostitute; a courtesan.

Examples

“The dedicated dancer, moved by some ‘inner vision’ that Martha Graham, for one, saw in her, was now well on the way to becoming a grande horizontale.”

“During at least one of his trips to Paris between 1867 and 1870, Bertie went to visit the grande horizontale La Païva at number 25, Champs Élysées, a magnificent building that has survived to the modern day and now houses a restaurant on its ground floor.”

“For even the grandest of grandes horizontales, respectability was a luxury that remained tantalisingly out of reach.”

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