'geisha' definitions:
Definition of 'geisha'
(from WordNet)
noun
A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing [syn: geisha, geisha girl]
Definition of 'geisha'
From: GCIDE
- geisha \gei"sha\ (g[=a]"sh[.a]), n.; pl. geisha (g[=a]"sh[.a]), Geishas (g[=a]"sh[.a]z). [Jap., art person.] A Japanese singing and dancing girl, trained to provide entertainment and company for a man or group of men. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Definition of 'geisha'
From: GCIDE
- geisha \gei"sha\ (g[=a]"sh[.a]), n.; pl. geisha (g[=a]"sh[.a]), Geishas (g[=a]"sh[.a]z). [Jap., art person.] A Japanese singing and dancing girl, trained to provide entertainment and company for a man or group of men. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'geisha'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- artist,
- artiste,
- ballerina,
- ballet dancer,
- ballet girl,
- ballroom dancer,
- belly dancer,
- burlesque queen,
- choral dancer,
- chorine,
- chorus boy,
- chorus girl,
- clog dancer,
- conjurer,
- coryphee,
- dancer,
- dancing girl,
- danseur noble,
- danseuse,
- ecdysiast,
- entertainer,
- exotic dancer,
- female impersonator,
- figurant,
- figurante,
- geisha girl,
- guisard,
- guiser,
- heel-and-toe dancer,
- hoofer,
- hula girl,
- impersonator,
- magician,
- mountebank,
- mummer,
- musician,
- nautch girl,
- peeler,
- performer,
- prestidigitator,
- public entertainer,
- show girl,
- singer,
- square-dancer,
- stripper,
- stripteaser,
- stripteuse,
- terpsichorean,
- vaudevillian,
- vaudevillist