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prostitute
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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.

[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.]

prosti·tutor n.

prostitute [ˈprɒstɪˌtjuːt]
n
1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
2. a man who engages in such activity, esp in homosexual practices
3. a person who offers his talent or work for unworthy purposes
vb (tr)
1. to offer (oneself or another) in sexual intercourse for money
2. to offer (a person, esp oneself, or a person's talent) for unworthy purposes
[from Latin prōstituere to expose to prostitution, from prō- in public + statuere to cause to stand]
prostitution  n
prostitutor  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.prostituteprostitute - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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"
Verb1.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"

prostitute
noun
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) He admitted that he had paid for sex with a prostitute.
verb
cheapen, sell out, pervert, degrade, devalue, squander, demean, debase, profane, misapply His friends said that he had prostituted his talents.
Translations
prostitute [ˈprɒstɪtjuːt]
A. Nprostituto/a m/f
to become a prostituteprostituirse
B. VT (fig) → prostituir
to prostitute o.sprostituirse

prostitute [ˈprɒstɪtjuːt]
nprostitué(e) m/f
a male prostitute → un prostitué
vt (fig) to prostitute o.s. → se prostituer
to prostitute one's talent → prostituer son talent

prostitute
nProstituierte(r) mf
vt (lit)prostituieren; one’s talents, honour, idealsverkaufen
vrsich prostituieren; (fig also)sich verkaufen

prostitute [ˈprɒstɪˌtjuːt]
1. nprostituta
male prostitute → prostituto
2. vtprostituire

prostitute [ˈprɒstɪˌtjuːt]
1. nprostituta
male prostitute → prostituto
2. vtprostituire

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
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

prostitute عاهرة prostitutka prostitueret Prostituierte πόρνη prostituta, prostituto prostituoitu prostituée prostitutka prostituta 売春婦 매춘부 prostitué prostituert prostytutka prostituta проститутка prostituerad โสเภณี fahişe gái điếm 妓女


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