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Prostitutor

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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.


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