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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At 24 Debs was elected Terre Haute city clerk, where the extent of his heterodoxy was waiving criminal fines against prostitutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
As Sister Hermann Marie, Sukowa brings to bear the weight of past roles when lecturing on grief and magical thinking: philosopher Hannah Arendt, mystic Hildegard von Bingen, prostitutes and militants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
It’s vulgar and vivacious, big and brutal, full of rivaling monarchies, Machiavellian ministers, feuding families, revengeful prostitutes, evil priests and a century-old witch, all vying for power in James’ extraordinarily imagined African kingdoms.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
He took characters normally portrayed in thick stereotype — prostitutes, gay men, addicts, housewives, trans women — and made viewers care about their happiness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
“I don’t like lawyers, they’re prostitutes in suits,” I said, trying to be cool.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
