prostitute
noun
a person who engages in sexual intercourse or other sex acts for money; sex worker.
prostitutes
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pluralof prostitute.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof prostitute (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, famously envisioned a “normal” Jewish state, with the ancient priests and seers supplanted by the prostitutes and thieves typical of a genuine nation.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
India is among a small handful of countries, including Canada and New Zealand, that have instituted legal protections for prostitutes.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
An Irish immigrant ministers to prostitutes from a South Bronx project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
His best-known work remains “Lonesome Dove,” an epic novel about cowboys and cattle drives, grizzled Texas Rangers, frontier prostitutes, dexterous gamblers, odoriferous buffalo hunters and other roisterous denizens of the American West.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2021
As far as I can tell, the place isn’t a nest of drug dealers and prostitutes; these are just working people who don’t have the capital to rent a normal apartment.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
