adult star
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- noun
- /əˈdʌlt stɑr/
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estrella del cine para adultos
- Do all adult stars have daddy issues?
Do all adult stars have daddy issues?
- Do all adult stars have daddy issues?
Examples
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Some adult stars do "find God" and leave, but those are people who needed to be gone anyway and didn't have the personal strength to do it.
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This former rodeo rider, adult star, cage fighter, total package of dynamite.
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This is like I knew it, adult stars at home.
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But I did it different, I went from being an adult star to crossing over to be a cam model.
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Mensa didn't want to link to my website, even though they link to all the members' websites because of who I was, an adult star.
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Adult star CoCo Brown set to be the first 'asstronaut' in space (video).
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It's not often that child actors grow into successful adult stars, but Scarlett Johansson is a boldfaced exception to that rule.
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The adult star said that his date, porn star Emily Ann, was so captured by Kim's beauty that she eagerly propositioned her.
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The adult star announced her retirement at a press conference today.
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Many adult stars have spoken out about the challenges they face in the industry.
Synonyms
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A person who acts in films that show people having sex
How Erotic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'adult' (sexually explicit/restricted) modifying 'star' (a celebrated performer), so together they denote a celebrated performer in adult entertainment. This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents is likely to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase adult star comes from the two simple words adult (for grown-ups) and star (a famous performer), so it names a person who is well known for acting in 'adult films'. That's why today adult star means someone who acts in porn or other adult entertainment.