whore

whore  (hôr, hr)

n.

1. A prostitute.

2. A person considered sexually promiscuous.

3. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.

intr.v. whored, whor·ing, whores

1. To associate or have sexual relations with prostitutes or a prostitute.

2. To accept payment in exchange for sexual relations.

3. To compromise one's principles for personal gain.

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[Middle English hore, from Old English hre; see k- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: Derivatives of Indo-European roots have often acquired starkly contrasting meanings. A prime example is the case of the root *k-, "to like, desire." From it was derived a stem *kro-, from which came the prehistoric Common Germanic word *hraz with the underlying meaning "one who desires" and the effective meaning "adulterer." The feminine of this, *hrn-, became hre in Old English, the ancestor of Modern English whore. In another branch of the Indo-European family, the same stem *kro- produced the Latin word crus, "dear." This word has several derivatives borrowed into English, including caress, cherish, and charity, in Christian doctrine the highest form of love and the greatest of the theological virtues.·Another derivative of the root *k- in Indo-European was *kmo-, a descendant of which is the Sanskrit word for "love," kma, appearing in the name of the most famous treatise on love and lovemaking, the Kamasutra.

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whore [hore]

Noun

a prostitute or promiscuous woman: often a term of abuse [Old English hōre]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whore - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, 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.	whore - work as a prostitute work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
	2.	whore - have unlawful sex with a whore fornicate - have sex without being married
	3.	whore - compromise oneself for money or other gains; "She whored herself to Hollywood" compromise - make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"

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whore

noun 1. prostitute, hooker U.S. (slang) tart (informal) streetwalker, tom Brit. (slang) brass (slang) slag Brit. (slang) hustler U.S., Canad. (slang) call girl, courtesan, working girl (facetious), (slang) harlot, loose woman, fallen woman, scrubber Brit., Austral. (slang) strumpet, trollop, lady of the night, cocotte, woman of easy virtue, demimondaine, woman of ill repute, fille de joie (French) demirep (rare)

verb 2. sleep around, womanize, wanton (informal) wench (archaic) fornicate, lech or letch (informal)

Translations

whore [hɔːʳ] n (col) (pej) → puta

whore [hɔːʳ] n (inf) (pej) → putain f

whore [hɔːʳ] (inf) (pej) n → Hure f

whore [hɔːʳ] n (pej) → puttana

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whore

n whore [hoː(r)]

a prostitute. hoer زانِيَه проститутка děvka, kurva hore die Hure πόρνη puta hoor فاحشه کردن putain זוֹנָה रण्डी prostitutka, kurva kurva pelacur puttana 売春婦 kekšė, prostitutė prostitūta pelacur hoer hore, ludder kurwa шлюха prostitútka, pobehlica kurba prostitutka hora หญิงโสเภณี orospu, fahişe 娼妓 проститутка, повія فاحشہ gái điếm 娼妓