lady of the night

English

Noun

lady of the night (plural ladies of the night)

1. (euphemistic) A female prostitute.

   Synonym: See Thesaurus:prostitute

   • 1976, Donna Summer, Lady of the Night (song)

     They call her the lady of the night
     She's a woman of the world
     And easy-living girl with love for sale
     That's what they call her, the lady of the night.

2. Any of certain species of genus Brunfelsia.
3. Night-blooming cestrum (Cestrum nocturnum), a Central American shrub.
4. Any of species Nyctanthes arbor-tristis.

   Synonyms: coral jasmine, night jasmine, tree of sadness, night-blooming jasmine, night-flowering jasmine