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GEISHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does geisha mean?
• GEISHA (noun)
The noun GEISHA has 1 sense:
1. a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
Familiarity information: GEISHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
geisha; geisha girl
Hypernyms ("geisha" is a kind of...):
Japanese; Nipponese (a native or inhabitant of Japan)
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
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