Other forms: geishas
A geisha is a Japanese woman trained to entertain with talk, music and dance. A trained geisha, the geisha district, a geisha house.
The training takes years and covers instruments, dance, tea and conversation, and the word means art person. Western writing has confused the profession with prostitution for a century, which is a straightforward error.
1noungeishaA Japanese woman trained to entertain with talk, music and dance.
“In Kyoto, we saw a geisha in a silk kimono walking to an evening appointment.”
geisha is a performer.
Japanese geisha means art person, from gei, art, plus sha, person.
Borrowed from Japanese - 芸者, from ltc - 藝 + 者.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA