HyperDic: prostitute

English > 2 senses of the word *prostitute*:
NOUN	person	prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street	a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
VERB	social	prostitute	sell one's body

prostitute > pronunciation
Sounds	praa'stahtuw.t
Rhymes	absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt...

English > *prostitute*: 2 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.
Synonyms	cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street
Narrower	call girl	A female prostitute who can be hired by telephone
	camp follower	A prostitute who provides service to military personnel
	comfort woman, ianfu	A woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
	demimondaine	A woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society
	streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern	A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
	white slave	A woman sold into prostitution
Broader	woman, adult female	An adult female person (as opposed to a man)
Spanish	alcahueta, fulana, golfa, meretriz, mujer pública, prostituta, puta, ramera, zorra
Catalan	dona de la vida, dona pública, meretriu, prostituta, puta
Adjectives	meretricious	like or relating to a prostitute
Verbs	prostitute	sell one's body

English > *prostitute*: 2 senses > verb 1, social
Meaning	sell one's body; exchange sex for money.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Narrower	street-walk, streetwalk	walk the streets in search of customers
Broader	sell	Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
Spanish	prostituir
Catalan	prostituir-se, prostituir
Nouns	prostitute	a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Nouns	prostitution	offering sexual intercourse for pay

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