as in women of easy virtue
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman
in pirate tales there's always the raucous tavern and its cadre of buxom queans
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Noun
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The actor plays an American mortician caught in the middle of the conflict, trying to help a group of young women (including some prostitutes) escape the Japanese onslaught.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026 -
Legalized prostitution enables and legitimizes the degradation of human beings, especially women who make up the majority of prostitutes.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Air sirens repeatedly alerted the residents of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to seek shelter.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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As air‑raid sirens sound across Israeli cities, warning civilians to take shelter, Palestinian communities in the West Bank have nowhere to go.—
Fadwa Hodali,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Queans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queans. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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