"lady of the night" meaning in All languages combined

See lady of the night on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ladies of the night [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ladies of the night}} lady of the night (plural ladies of the night)
  1. (euphemistic) A female prostitute. Tags: euphemistic Synonyms: See Thesaurus:prostitute Translations (prostitute): kupu-kupu malam (Indonesian), córa Koryntu [feminine] (Polish), kobieta lekkich obyczajów [feminine] (Polish), nattfjäril [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lady_of_the_night-en-noun-FNJe3DZG Categories (other): English euphemisms, Prostitution Disambiguation of Prostitution: 46 14 23 17 Disambiguation of 'prostitute': 100 0 0 0
  2. Any of certain species of genus Brunfelsia.
    Sense id: en-lady_of_the_night-en-noun-1Kqvyas~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Nightshades Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 33 28 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 34 25 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 38 14 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 34 25 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 2 34 28 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 33 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 1 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Nightshades: 1 35 24 40
  3. Night-blooming cestrum (Cestrum nocturnum), a Central American shrub.
    Sense id: en-lady_of_the_night-en-noun-9AGtMry7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Nightshades Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 33 28 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 34 25 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 38 14 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 34 25 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 2 34 28 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 33 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 1 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Nightshades: 1 35 24 40
  4. Any of species Nyctanthes arbor-tristis. Synonyms: coral jasmine, night jasmine, tree of sadness, night-blooming jasmine, night-flowering jasmine
    Sense id: en-lady_of_the_night-en-noun-LxV5m5JQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Nightshades Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 33 28 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 34 25 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 38 14 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 34 25 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 2 34 28 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 33 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 1 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Nightshades: 1 35 24 40

Inflected forms

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