Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Japanese girl or woman who is trained to entertain professional or social gatherings of men with conversation, dancing, and singing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a class of accomplished and specially trained young Japanese women (commonly called singing- or dancing-girls by foreigners) who are employed at banquets, and on social, convivial, and other occasions, to entertain the company with Japanese dancing, music, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Japanese singing and dancing girl, trained to provide entertainment and company for a man or group of men.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such astea ceremony ,dancing ,singing andcalligraphy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word geisha means “arts person” and the geisha is trained in the art of intriguing men with her most effective tool—her mind.
Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007
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In his letter to Chiyo, Mr. Tanaka says The training of a geisha is an arduous path.
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To my mind, a first-class geisha is more analogous to a kept mistress in our culture than to a prostitute.
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Say the word geisha and images of beautiful kimono-clad women serving green tea, reciting poetry and playing classical instruments may spring to mind.
News On Japan 2010
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Zaib Qayyum of River Oaks School correctly spelled the word geisha after only 10 rounds of competition Friday to secure the win at the All-Parish Spelling Bee sponsored by The News-Star.
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i want to be a china doll. when i had dark hair, i was often referred to as a geisha (once). the right side of my body will be outfitted in an evening dress and the left side of my body will be covered in a gingham print.
china doll kindbegger 2005
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The most stereotyped image of Japanese women is, of course, that of the geisha, and the most common misperception is that a geisha is a prostitute.
Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007
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These are the communities where the professionally trained female artists known as geisha live and work.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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These are the communities where the professionally trained female artists known as geisha live and work.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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The geisha was the youngest and prettiest of the bunch.
Botchan (Master Darling) Soseki Natsume 1891
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