Thaïs

[ they-is ]

noun

1. flourished late 4th century b.c., Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.

Thaïs

/ ˈθeɪɪs /

noun

1. Thaïs4th-century bc4th-century bcFAthenianMISC: courtesan 4th-century bc Athenian courtesan; mistress of Alexander the Great

Example Sentences

Thais sprang into action—or, perhaps one should say, inaction.

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While some polling shows a majority of ordinary Thais approve of martial law, the political class is roiled with suspicion.

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Verapat says Thais should come out and vote in force Sunday.

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Thaksin is lionized by many Thais, but he is anathema to an almost equal number of detractors.

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Customers (mainly Thais, plus a few expats) gaze through a one-way glass, while the girls stare at a mirrored wall, gossiping.

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Then he would betake himself to that ravishing, radiant roadway devoted to Thespis, Thais, and Bacchus.

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Probably the old-world story of Paphnutius and Thais inspired the tragedy and Maeterlinck's plays suggested its technique.

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Thais cerisyi inhabits some of the Greek islands, as well as the mainland of Turkey and Greece.

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It was Thais got up and danced first, showing her ankles ever so much, as if no one else had pretty ones.

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So I began to cry; but he only laughed, and kept whispering to her—about me, of course; Thais was looking at me and smiling.

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