"priestess of Venus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: priestesses of Venus [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|priestesses of Venus}} priestess of Venus (plural priestesses of Venus)
  1. (euphemistic, dated) Synonym of prostitute. Tags: dated, euphemistic Synonyms: prostitute [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-priestess_of_Venus-en-noun-OcXS0JEw Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see priestess, of, Venus. Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Female people, Occupations, Prostitution, Religious occupations
    Sense id: en-priestess_of_Venus-en-noun-eHKdqAHz Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 8 92 Disambiguation of Female people: 8 92 Disambiguation of Occupations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 31 69 Disambiguation of Religious occupations: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93

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