cyprian

Other forms: cyprians

Definitions of cyprian
  1. adjective
    resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus
    synonyms:
    unchaste
    not chaste
  2. noun
    a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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    call girl
    a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone
    camp follower
    a prostitute who provides service to military personnel
    comfort woman, ianfu
    a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
    demimondaine
    a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society
    type of:
    adult female, woman
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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