prostitute
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
prostitute (prostitutes, present participle prostituting; past and past participle prostituted)
- (transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Leviticus xix. 29:
- Do not prostitute thy daughter.
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Leviticus xix. 29:
- (transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
- (to offer oneself for sexual activity for money) sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
- (to offer another person for sexual activity for money) pimp; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
- (to use one's talents for money) sell out
- French: prostituer
- German: prostituieren
- Italian: prostituirsi, battere il marciapiede, battere
- Portuguese: prostituir-se
- Russian: занима́ться проституция
- Spanish: prostituir
- German: prostituieren
- Portuguese: prostituir
- Spanish: prostituir
- Portuguese: prostituir
- Spanish: prostituir
- Portuguese: prostituir
- Spanish: prostituir
prostitute
- (obsolete) Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means. [16th–19th c.]
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- [H]e speaks a languages that merits not reply, and which can only excite contempt for his prostitute principles, or pity for his ignorance.
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; i later, chiefly as attributive use of noun that is a prostitute. [from 16th c.]
- 2008, Niki Adams, Lisa Longstaff, The Guardian, letters, 23 February:
- They rightly say that attacks against prostitute women are common and that it's only when five are murdered in one place that it starts to provoke debate.
- 2008, Niki Adams, Lisa Longstaff, The Guardian, letters, 23 February:
- (obsolete) Exposed, subjected (to something shameful). [16th–18th c.]
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society:
- As a matter of ease, exposed and prostitute to every Mother-wit, and to be attained without any great care or study.
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society:
prostitute (plural prostitutes)
- Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: sex worker, Thesaurus:prostitute
- hypo en
- A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. [from 17th c.]
- 2012, Kelly Olson, Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society, page 50:
- Unfortunately, there is to my knowledge no visual evidence for the dress of the Roman prostitute, but the literary sources present us with a range of prostitute clothing (from rich accoutrements all the way down to nothing), […]
- 2012, Kelly Olson, Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society, page 50:
- A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: sellout
- (all senses) whore
- French: prostitué, prostituée, fille des rues, fille de joie
- German: Prostituierter, Prostituierte
- Italian: prostituta, squillo, battona, puttana, baldracca, sgualdrina
- Portuguese: prostituta, mulher da vida
- Russian: проститу́тка
- Spanish: prostituto, prostituta
- German: Prostituierte, Hure, Nutte, Dirne, Lustdirne, Buhldirne, Gunstgewerblerin (humorous), Liebesdame, Liebesmädchen, Freudenmädchen (euphemistic)
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