sex worker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sex worker
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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A former sex worker, actor and drag queen, Beyer was elected to national parliament in 1999 after several years as mayor of Carterton, a rural town on the country's North Island.
From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023
“We are harassed, we are robbed, we are pestered for money,” Erni, a street musician and former sex worker who is a student at the boarding school, said in the Vice video.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2023
Taali was to be based on the life of Gauri Sawant, a transgender activist from Mumbai who adopted the daughter of a sex worker who had died from Aids.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2022
Chelsea Bieker’s ‘Godshot,’ a surreal debut novel set in the parched Central Valley, depicts a fundamentalist rain cult and sex worker resisters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2022
Liara Roux, a sex worker and organizer for human rights for sex workers, criticized Black's remarks as another lackluster response to gun violence.
From Salon • May 30, 2018
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