prostitute

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: cocottewhoreharlotbawdtartcyprianfancy womanworking girlsporting ladylady of pleasurewoman of the street

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for moneySynonyms: cocottewhoreharlotbawdtartcyprianfancy womanworking girlsporting ladylady of pleasurewoman of the street

Verb (1)

  1. sell one's body; exchange sex for money
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Prostitute \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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Prostitute \Pros"ti*tute\, a. [L. prostitutus, p. p.] Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. [1913 Webster]

Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. --Prior [1913 Webster]

Prostitute \Pros"ti*tute\, n. [L. prostituta.]

1.A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot. [1913 Webster]

2.A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. [1913 Webster]

No hireling she, no prostitute to praise.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
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