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courtesan
A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele. Historically, the term referred to a courtier, a person who attended the court of a monarch or other powerful person.

Zofia Potocka
Greek slave courtesan, Russian agent and Polish noble
Preta Fernanda
was a courtesan and celebrated society figure in fin de siècle Lisbon
Jeanne de Bellem
Belgian revolutionist, writer (1734–1805)