prostitute

pros·ti·tute  (prst-tt, -tyt)

n.

1. One who solicits and accepts payment for sex acts.

2. One who sells one's abilities, talent, or name for an unworthy purpose.

tr.v. pros·ti·tut·ed, pros·ti·tut·ing, pros·ti·tutes

1. To offer (oneself or another) for sexual hire.

2. To sell (oneself or one's talent, for example) for an unworthy purpose.

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[Latin prstitta, from feminine past participle of prstituere, to prostitute : pr-, in front; see pro-¹ + statuere, to cause to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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prosti·tutor n.

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prostitute

Noun

a person who offers sexual intercourse in return for payment

Verb

[-tuting, -tuted]

1. to offer (oneself or another) in sexual intercourse for money

2. to offer (oneself or one's talent) for unworthy purposes [Latin pro- in public + statuere to cause to stand]

prostitution n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prostitute - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl call girl - a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone camp follower - a prostitute who provides service to military personnel comfort woman, ianfu - a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman" demimondaine - a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker, floozie, floozy, hooker - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets white slave - a woman sold into prostitution adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
Verb	1.	prostitute - sell one's body; exchange sex for money sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" street-walk, streetwalk - walk the streets in search of customers; "The prostitute is street-walking every night"

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prostitute

noun 1. whore, hooker U.S. (slang) pro (slang) brass (slang) tart (informal) hustler U.S., Canad. (slang) moll (slang) call girl, courtesan, working girl (facetious), (slang) harlot, streetwalker, camp follower, loose woman, fallen woman, scrubber Brit., Austral. (slang) strumpet, trollop, white slave, bawd (archaic) cocotte, fille de joie (French)

verb 2. cheapen, sell out, pervert, degrade, devalue, squander, demean, debase, profane, misapply

Translations

prostitute [ˈprɔstɪtjuːt] n → prostituta;

male prostitute → prostituto

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prostitute [ˈprɔstɪtjuːt] n → prostituée f;

male prostitute → prostitué m

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prostitute [ˈprɔstɪtjuːt] n (female) → Prostituierte f;

(male) → männliche(r) Prostituierte(r) m, Strichjunge m (inf)

vt to prostitute o.s. (fig) → sich prostituieren, sich unter Wert verkaufen

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prostitute [ˈprɔstɪtjuːt] n → prostituta;

male prostitute → uomo che si prostituisce

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prostitute

n prostitute [ˈprostitjuːt]

a person who has sexual intercourse for payment. prostituut عاهِرَه، مومِس проститутка prostitut, -ka prostitueret die Prostituierte πόρνη prostituto; prostituta prostituut فاحشه prostituoitu prostitué/-ée זוֹנָה वेश्या prostituált pelacur vændiskona/-karl prostituta 売春婦 매춘부 prostitutė prostitūta pelacur prostitu{#225}{#130}{#225} prostituert prostytutka prostituta prostituată проститутка prostitútka prostitutka prostitutka prostituerad โสเภณี orospu 娼妓 проститутка, повія رنڈي، طائفہ gái mại dâm 娼妓

n prostiˈtution

prostitusie بَغاء، دَعارَه، عَهارَه проституция prostituce prostitution die Prostitution πορνεία prostitución prostitutsioon روسپی گری prostituutio prostitution זְנוּת वेश्या वृत्ति prostitúció pelacuran vændi prostituzione 売春 매춘 prostitucija prostitūcija pelacuran prostitutie prostitusjon prostytucja prostituição prostituţie проституция prostitúcia prostitucija prostitucija prostitution การเป็นโสเภณี orospuluk 賣淫 проституція رنڈي کا پيشہ nạn mại dâm 卖淫