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Prostitute : (noun)
1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: cocotte,
whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy
woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of
pleasure, woman of the street]
(verb)
1: sell one's body; exchange sex for money
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Prostitute : \Pros"ti*tute\, n. [L. prostituta.]
1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a
harlot.
2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to
infamous employments for hire.
No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. --Pope.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Prostitute : \Pros"ti*tute\, a. [L. prostitutus, p. p.]
Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous
purposes.
Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. --Prior
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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