| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| geisha |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gei·sha |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g  sh , g - |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. geisha or gei·shas
One of a class of professional women in Japan trained from girlhood in conversation, dancing, and singing in order to entertain professional or social gatherings of men. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Japanese : gei, art (from Middle Chinese  ejh) + sha, person (from Middle Chinese t ia ).
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