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Prostitute

Prostitute Meaning & Definition
Prostitute Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Prostitute?

[n] a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
[v] sell one's body; exchange sex for money

Synonyms | Synonyms for Prostitute: bawd | cocotte | cyprian | fancy woman | harlot | lady of pleasure | sporting lady | tart | trollop | whore | woman of the street | working girl

Related Terms | Find terms related to Prostitute:

See Also | adult female | call girl | camp follower | demimondaine | floozie | floozy | hooker | hustler | sell | slattern | street girl | streetwalk | streetwalker | white slave | woman

Prostitute In Webster's Dictionary

\Pros"ti*tute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prostituted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prostituting}.] [L. prostitutus, p. p. of prostituere to prostitute; pro before, forth + statuere to put, place. See {Statute}.] 1. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire. ``Do not prostitute thy daughter.'' --Lev. xix. 29. 2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers. --Milton.
\Pros"ti*tute\, a. [L. prostitutus, p. p.] Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. --Prior
\Pros"ti*tute\, n. [L. prostituta.] 1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot. 2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. --Pope.

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