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Geisha   /gˈeɪʃə/   Listen
Geisha

noun
(pl. geisha, geishas)
1.
A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.  Synonym: geisha girl.





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"Geisha" Quotes from Famous Books



... of splendid entertainments. When a Japanese wishes to give a dinner to his friends he does not ask them to his house; he invites them to a banquet at some famous tea-house. There he provides not only the delicacies which make up a Japanese dinner, but hires dancing girls, called geisha, to amuse the company by their dancing ...
— Peeps at Many Lands: Japan • John Finnemore


Words linked to "Geisha" :   Japanese, adult female, woman, Nipponese


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