Meaning of lady of pleasure | Babel Free
Definitions
A female prostitute or courtesan.
Examples
“I instructed her with all those things which a Lady of Pleasure ought to know⟳, for the heaping up a Sum of Money wherewith she may maintain⟳ her self during her Old Age.”
“By 1765, a visitor to London noted that prints of celebrated ladies of pleasure were both extraordinarily cheap (‘a few guineas will buy⟳ a whole seraglio’) and were issued in huge editions, of three or four thousand at a time.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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