sex worker

noun

Definition of sex workernext
as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money a group that serves as an advocate for the health and welfare of sex workers

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  1. prostitute
  2. hooker
  3. call girl
Noun
  • At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.
    Vulture, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
Definition of prostitute
Noun
  • Those bank documents helped federal prosecutors bring a criminal case in California about unpaid taxes on cash Biden used to fund drugs and hookers.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s is about someone who’s just about scraping a living as a hooker.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of hooker
Noun
  • The crime drama earned Fonda the first of her two best actress Oscars and starred Sutherland as the titular detective and Fonda as a call girl who helps him in a missing persons case.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • Sutherland played the titular detective John Klute in the film, while Fonda played the call girl Bree Daniels, who Klute is trying to protect from a killer stalking her.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024
Definition of call girl
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“Sex worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20worker. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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