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
In 2020, Loren starred in “The Life Ahead,” which was directed by her son Edoardo, as a Holocaust survivor who cares for the children of prostitutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Fernando Botero, the Colombian whose voluptuous pictures and sculptures of overstuffed generals, bishops, prostitutes, housewives and other products of his magic-realist imagination made him one of the world’s best-known artists, has died.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
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
Our mothers were in that car, along with a teacher, a librarian, elderly people, and a newborn baby—thieves and prostitutes.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
