About The Word Prostitute
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Prostitute
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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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