hetaera
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hetaera
- /hɪˈtɪəɹə/
- /hɪˈtaɪɹə/
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From Ancient Greek ἑταίρᾱ (hetaírā), feminine of ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”).
noun hetaerae · hetaeras · hetaira · hetæra
- A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them. But of course our friend is only a shallow twentieth-century reproduction of the great hetairae of the past, the type to which she belongs without knowing it, Lais, Charis and the rest...
- A mistress. Woman is dethroned as the primary and supreme sex, debased into inseminable hetaera.
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Talk about this word "hetaera." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hetaera. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hetaera. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hetaera "hetaera." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hetaera.Cite this
@misc{hetaera_2026,
title = {hetaera},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hetaera},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
