Definitions for prostitute
ˈprɒs tɪˌtut, -ˌtyutpros·ti·tute

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the streetverb

   a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

2. prostituteverb

   sell one's body; exchange sex for money

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. prostitutenoun

   A woman, or other person, who performs sexual activity for payment.

2. prostitutenoun

   A woman, or other person, who is perceived as engaging in sexual activity with many people.

3. prostitutenoun

   A person who does, or offers to do, an activity for money, despite personal dislike or dishonour.

4. prostituteverb

   To perform sexual activity for money

5. prostituteverb

   To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves.

6. prostituteverb

   To use one's talents in return for money or fame

7. Etymology: From prostitutus, past participle of prostituo, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prostituteadjective

   Vicious for hire; sold to infamy or wickedness; sold to whoredom.

   Etymology: prostitutus, Lat.

   Their common loves, a lewd abandon’d pack,
   By sloth corrupted, by disorder fed,
   Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Matthew Prior.

2. Prostitutenoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A hireling; a mercenary; one who is set to sale.

   At open fulsome bawdry they rejoice,
   Base prostitute! thus dost thou gain thy bread. Dryden.

   No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Alexander Pope.

   2. [ Prostibula, Lat.]A publick strumpet.

   From every point they come,
   Then dread no dearth of prostitutes at Rome. Dryden.

3. To PROSTITUTEverb

   Etymology: prostituo, Lat. prosituer, Fr.

   1. To sell to wickedness; to expose to crimes for a reward. It is commonly used of women sold to whoredom by others or themselves.

   Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore. Lev. xix. 29.

   Marrying or prostituting,
   Rape or adultery. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi.

   Who shall prevail with them to do that themselves which they beg of God, to spare his people and his heritage, to prostitute them no more to their own sinister designs. D. of Pie.

   Affections, consecrated to children, husbands, and parents, are vilely prostituted and thrown away upon a hand at loo. Add.

   2. To expose upon vile terms.

   It were unfit, that so excellent and glorious a reward, as the gospel promises, should stoop down like fruit upon a full laden bough, to be plucked by every idle and wanton hand, that heaven should be prostituted to slothful men. John Tillotson.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prostitute

   Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact also creates the risk of transferring diseases. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, or more inclusively, a sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and its legal status varies from country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated profession. It is one branch of the sex industry, along with pornography, stripping, and erotic dancing. Brothels are establishments specifically dedicated to prostitution. In escort prostitution, the act may take place at the client's residence or hotel room (referred to as out-call), or at the escort's residence or a hotel room rented for the occasion by the escort (in-call). Another form is street prostitution. There are about 42 million prostitutes in the world, living all over the world (though most of Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa lack data, studied countries in that large region rank as top sex tourism destinations). Estimates place the annual revenue generated by prostitution worldwide to be over $100 billion.The majority of prostitutes are female and have male clients.The position of prostitution and the law varies widely worldwide, reflecting differing opinions. Some view prostitution as a form of exploitation of or violence against women, and children, that helps to create a supply of victims for human trafficking. Some critics of prostitution as an institution are supporters of the "Nordic model" that decriminalizes the act of selling sex and makes the purchase of sex illegal. This approach has also been adopted by Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, France and Sweden. Others view sex work as a legitimate occupation, whereby a person trades or exchanges sexual acts for money. Amnesty International is one of the notable groups calling for the decriminalization of prostitution.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prostitute

   A prostitute is a person who engages in sexual activities in exchange for money or other forms of compensation. This profession, which is often regulated or prohibited by various laws, can involve both males and females, and extends to various types of sex industry occupations. Prostitution is often a topic of ethical and societal debate due to issues around exploitation and individual rights.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prostituteverb

   to offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire

2. Prostituteverb

   to devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers

3. Prostituteadjective

   openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes

4. Prostitutenoun

   a woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot

5. Prostitutenoun

   a base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire

6. Etymology: [L. prostitutus, p. p.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prostitute

   Prostitute is an album by the synthpop band Alphaville. Following worldwide success in the 1980s, it was Alphaville's first release for five years. It features electronic jazz, new wave music, synthpop, swing music, hip hop, classical ballads and Pink Floyd-like epic electronic music. However, the album's experimental nature and lack of commercial success led the band to return to its synth/dance roots with the following album, Salvation. 200,000 copies of the album have been sold.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prostitute

   pros′ti-tūt, v.t. to expose for sale for bad ends: to sell to lewdness: to devote to any improper purpose.—adj. openly devoted to lewdness: sold to wickedness.—n. a female who indulges in lewdness, esp. for hire, a whore: a base hireling.—ns. Prostitū′tion, the act or practice of prostituting: lewdness for hire: the being devoted to infamous purposes; Pros′titūtor, one who prostitutes either himself or another. [L. prostituĕre, -ūtum—pro, before, statuĕre, to place.]

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1. prostitute

   Prostitute (noun) a man or woman that engage to immoral way of living in exchange for easy or large amount of money.

   Prostitute a condition of abusing a talent person to work that not related to job description.

   
   

   Submitted by pinkss5 on October 21, 2015  

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How to pronounce prostitute?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say prostitute in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prostitute in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prostitute in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of prostitute in a Sentence

1. Sarah Marquis ':

   I had to disguise Sarah Marquis ' as a man in certain countries that lack rights for women, in parts of China, for example, any woman alone is considered a prostitute.

2. Camille Paglia:

   The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men but rather their conqueror, an outlaw who controls the sexual channel between nature and culture.

3. Jeremy Taylor:

   Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.

4. Swaumu Ali:

   They considered me a prostitute so I was kept in servant quarters away from the main house.

5. Rebecca West:

   I...have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is. I only know that people call me a feminist when I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prostitute
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prostitute
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prostitute
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitute
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prostitute
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=prostitute
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=prostitute
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=prostitute