Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

call girl

American  

noun

  1. a female prostitute with whom an appointment can be made by telephone, usually to meet at the client's address.

  2. (formerly) a prostitute available to be called on at a brothel.

call girl British  

noun

  1. a prostitute with whom appointments are made by telephone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of call girl

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

By the time Welch landed her first movie role, as a call girl in 1964’s “A House Is Not a Home,” she was a mother to two young children.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Not to mention crass yuppie lawyer Richard Gere and saucy call girl Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2010

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.