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See also:prostitutėandprostitutę

English

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Aprostitute inTijuana,Mexico.

Etymology

FromLatinprōstitūtus, past participle ofprōstituō, fromprō̆(“for, before”) +‎statuō(“to set up, to erect”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

prostitute (comparativemoreprostitute,superlativemostprostitute)

  1. (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 hisprostitute principles, or pity for his ignorance.
  2. Taking part inpromiscuous sexual activity,licentious;(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 againstprostitute women are common and that it's only when five are murdered in one place that it starts to provoke debate.
  3. (obsolete)Exposed,subjected (to something shameful).[16th–18th c.]
    • 1651,Thomas Hobbes,Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society:
      As a matter of ease, exposed andprostitute to every Mother-wit, and to be attained without any great care or study.

Noun

prostitute (pluralprostitutes)

  1. Anyperson (especially awoman) who hassexual intercourse or engages in othersexual activity forpayment, especially as a means of livelihood.[from 18th c.]
    Synonyms:sex worker;see alsoThesaurus:prostitute
    Hyponyms:seeThesaurus:prostitute
  2. Awoman who hassexual intercourse or engages in othersexual activity forpayment, especially as a means of livelihood.[from 17th c.]
    • 2012, Kelly Olson,Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society, page50:
      Unfortunately, there is to my knowledge no visual evidence for the dress of the Romanprostitute, but the literary sources present us with a range of prostitute clothing (from rich accoutrements all the way down to nothing),[…]
  3. A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity formoney or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.[from 17th c.]
    Synonym:sellout
    • 2019 May 18, Jack Shepherd, quoting Bobby Gillespie, “Primal Scream frontman calls Madonna a 'total prostitute' for performing at Eurovision in Israel”, inThe Independent‎[1]:
      Madonna would do anything for money, you know, she's a totalprostitute. And I've got nothing against prostitutes.

Usage notes

  • Some speakers consider prostitutes (sex workers) to be female by default, and thus usemale prostitute to refer to a male performing the same job.

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a person having sex for profit
a female person having sex for profit
promiscuous person—seewhore,‎slut

Verb

prostitute (third-person singular simple presentprostitutes,present participleprostituting,simple past and past participleprostituted)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) forsexualactivity in exchange formoney.[from 16th c.]
  2. (transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; toexploit for base purposes.
    • 1740,John Dyer, “The Ruins of Rome. A Poem.”, inPoems.[...] Viz. I. Grongar Hill. II. The Ruins of Rome. III. The Fleece, in Four Books, London: Printed by John Hughs, for Messrs.R[obert] andJ[ames] Dodsley, […], published1759,→OCLC,pages42–43:
      [T]heſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets theyproſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom.

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Translations

reflexive: to perform sexual activity for money
to make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves
derogatory: to use one's talents in return for money or fame
figuratively: to exploit for base purposes

Afrikaans

Noun

prostitute

  1. plural ofprostituut

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pros.tiˈtu.te/
  • Rhymes:-ute
  • Hyphenation:pro‧sti‧tù‧te

Noun

prostitute f

  1. plural ofprostituta

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

prōstitūte

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofprōstitūtus
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