'Prostitute' definitions:

Definition of 'prostitute'

(from WordNet)
noun
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street]
verb
Sell one's body; exchange sex for money

Definition of 'Prostitute'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Prostitute'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Prostitute'

From: GCIDE
  • 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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