"lady of light virtue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ladies of light virtue [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ladies of light virtue}} lady of light virtue (plural ladies of light virtue)
  1. (euphemistic) A female prostitute. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-lady_of_light_virtue-en-noun-FNJe3DZG Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. (euphemistic) A woman with lax sexual morals; a slut. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-lady_of_light_virtue-en-noun-ss8SzyAH Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prostitute

Inflected forms

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