geisha girl
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- noun
- /ˈɡeɪʃə ɡɜrl/
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geisha
- During the festival, we were entertained by a talented geisha girl who captivated everyone with her skills.
Examples
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A traditional tea ceremony often features a geisha girl who performs beautiful music and dances.
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This geisha girl has come from the Orient to tantalize the senses and soothe the white man's soul.
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And geisha girls always remind me of your mother.
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Because a kimono makes me think of geisha girls.
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She's like a geisha girl.
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Doctor, I was hired as a nurse-receptionist, not as a geisha girl.
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- Bertie, I'm not a geisha girl.
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In Yokohama, I must not sneeze at geisha girl.
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He's on the fourth floor taking a sauna bath with seven geisha girls.
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In any case, in Yokohama, you will encounter the geisha girls, and those, monsieur, are not to be sneezed at.
Synonyms
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9.0
A Japanese woman trained to entertain with music, dance, and talk
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'geisha' denotes a woman trained to entertain, and 'girl' signals a female person, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer 'a female geisha' or a geisha-like woman. Although 'girl' may be redundant or slightly informal (and culturally geisha are adult women), this nuance does not prevent immediate compositional understanding.
Etymology
Geisha girl The name geisha girl comes from the Japanese word geisha, which means 'artist' or 'performing person'. Foreign visitors used geisha girl for women trained to sing, dance and talk at dinners and parties, so the phrase means 'a woman trained to entertain'.