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porn star

porn star

46 4.3
A person who acts in films that show people having sex
  • noun
  • /pɔrn stɑr/
  • Offensive
translation icon : estrella porno
  • The girl is Akira, one of the biggest Asian porn stars of all time.
  • become a porn star
  • a famous porn star
  • a former porn star

I think like, despite being like a porn star, I like watching porn.

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Examples

  • Each year we go to the porn-star awards ceremony, and each time I wonder how they determine who wins.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Who is the most famous porn star that you've worked with?

  • His question was, if I was a porn star, what would my name be?

  • Sometimes we hang out with the other porn stars, but I have no idea what to talk about.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I have a friend who dates a porn star, which I will not name here on the air.

  • By the time I get to the photo studio, I feel like a virgin porn star about to walk onto the set for the first time.

  • LA actually passed a proposition that will require porn stars to use rubbers.

    Blog text (29)
  • When I think about it, the faces that really stay etched in my mind are the faces of porn stars.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Who is the most famous porn star that you've worked with?

  • You are one of the most well-known porn stars on video and the internet.

Synonyms

adult star
vsporn star
  • NSFW
1 6.7

A person who acts in films that show sex scenes

is limited to acting in pornographic films specifically

Antonyms

122 2.8

A person who does an activity like a sport or hobby for pleasure, not as a job

How Famous

superstar
187 2.8
celebrity
106 2.8
porn star
  • Offensive
46 4.3
extra
32 3.5

Surface Forms

porn star singular
porn stars plural

Morphology

porn + star

The meaning 'a person who performs as an actor or actress in pornographic films' is directly derived from combining 'porn' (pornographic material) and 'star' (a celebrated performer), indicating a prominent performer in porn. This noun–noun composition is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The noun porn star combines porn, short for 'pornography' meaning pictures or films about sex, and star, meaning a 'famous performer'. So it means 'a well-known actor who appears in adult films'.