Definition of Hetaira. Meaning of Hetaira. Synonyms of Hetaira

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Definition of Hetaira

Hetaira
Hetaera He*t[ae]"ra, Hetaira He*tai"ra, n.; pl. -r[ae]. [NL. See Hetairism.] (Gr. Antiq.) A female paramour; a mistress, concubine, or harlot. -- He*t[ae]"ric, He*tai"ric, a.

Meaning of Hetaira from wikipedia

- A hetaira (/hɪˈtaɪrə/; Ancient Gr****: ἑταίρα, lit. 'companion'; pl.. ἑταῖραι hetairai, /hɪˈtaɪraɪ/), Latinized as hetaera (/hɪˈtɪrə/ pl. hetaerae /hɪˈtɪriː/)...
- Hetaira is a genus of Central and South American bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. *Orthoptera Species File (September 2, 2011) v t e...
- Βακχίς; 4th-century BC) was a Gr**** hetaira. She was originally the slave of the hetaira Sinope, who trained her as a hetaira. She was manumitted and eventually...
- Thaïs (Gr****: Θαΐς; fl. 4th century BCE) was a Gr**** hetaira who accompanied Alexander the Great on his military campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is...
- dancer,singer Lais of Corinth (5th century BC), hetaira-courtesan Lais of Hyccara (killed 340 BC), hetaira-courtesan Marion Delorme (c. 1613–1650): lover...
- Gnathaena (Ancient Gr****: Γνάθαινα) was an Athenian hetaira (plural: hetairai), a class of ancient Gr**** prostitutes who were companions to wealthy men...
- (Ancient Gr****: Φρύνη, before 370 – after 316 BC) was an ancient Gr**** hetaira (courtesan). Born Mnesarete, she was from Thespiae in Boeotia, but seems...
- Yuan, Chinese poet and minister (approximate date) Lais of Hyccara, Gr**** hetaira (courtesan) (approximate date) Mentor of Rhodes, Gr**** mercenary and satrap...
- Neaira (/niˈaɪrə/; ‹See Tfd›Gr****: Νέαιρα), also Neaera (/niˈɪərə/), was a hetaera who lived in the 4th century BC in ancient Greece. She was brought to...
- Gr**** hetaira. Her mother, Korone, and grandmother, Nannion, after whom she was named, were both also hetairai. She is possibly the same hetaira as Nannarion...