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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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
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
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
Often clashing with archdiocese leaders, Pfleger has made a name for himself by using unconventional tactics such as paying prostitutes to counsel them and defacing alcohol and cigarette billboards.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2021
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
