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Word: Geisha
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Japanese, ‘entertainer’, from gei ‘performing arts’ + sha ‘person’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡeɪʃə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a Japanese hostess trained to entertain men with conversation, dance, and song
Short Definition:Japanese hostess trained to entertain men with conversation and song
Examples:- a glimpse of a geisha slipping into a teahouse
- the owner of the geisha house
Variant Forms:
- geisha girl
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