courtesanship en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English courtesan Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English courtesanship From courtesan + -ship.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being a courtesan; harlotry.
The first season also failed to produce a narrative arc […] ending with Belle realizing that she wasn’t made for the next level of her profession: courtesanship.
2009 January 17, Ginia Bellafante, “She Rents Herself to Buy the Good Things in Life”, in New York Times: