Usually means: Prostitute, historically referenced in literature.
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  1. meretrix: Merriam-Webster
  2. meretrix: Wordnik
  3. meretrix: Wiktionary
  4. Meretrix (bivalve), Meretrix (genus), Meretrix: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A prostitute in Ancient Rome.

Similar:
Trimalchio, ustrinum, auletris, domina, Marcius, trapezite, Quirite, Romanophile, fetialis, interrex, more...

Opposite:
virgin, chaste, pure

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Similar:
Trimalchio, ustrinum, auletris, domina, Marcius, trapezite, Quirite, Romanophile, fetialis, interrex, more...

Opposite:
virgin, chaste, pure



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