former prostitute
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6.9
- noun
- /ˈfɔrmər prəˈstɪtjuːt/
- NSFW
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exprostituta
- Many former prostitutes have shared their experiences to help others avoid similar paths.
- former prostitute and drug addict
- Kennedy, a former prostitute
- says former prostitute
Examples
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A former drug addict is better prepared to talk to a drug addict; a former prostitute is better prepared to talk to a prostitute; a black woman is better prepared to talk to another black woman.
Blog text (34) -
Frito became vice president, and Rita, the former prostitute, became first lady.
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Can you tell me more of what you know about the murder of Margot Langer, the former prostitute?
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The heroine Sunny, a former prostitute and single mother, was a minor character in the last Gabriel Sister book.
Blog text (19) -
Crawford plays Vienna, a gun-toting former prostitute who has made good in the world of business by using men.
Fiction book (1993) -
Promiscuity becomes generosity: the former prostitute recalls her past as "ministry" or "service," seeking "fellowship," always giving freely of herself (ll. 47, 49, 41).
Academic text (2017) -
Janet is a former prostitute who now advocates for women's rights.
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After years on the streets, Lisa became a former prostitute and started a new life in a small town.
Synonyms
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9.3
A person who used to sell sex on the street
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who previously worked as a prostitute' is directly and compositionally derived from 'former' (previous) modifying 'prostitute' (person who has sex for money). This is a straightforward, non-idiomatic combination following a common adjectival + noun pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.
Etymology
Former prostitute simply describes someone who used to work as a prostitute. Here former means 'previous' and prostitute names the job, so the phrase refers to a person who 'no longer' does that work.