Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prostitute"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prostitute
n : a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: {cocotte},
{whore}, {harlot}, {trollop}, {bawd}, {tart}, {cyprian},
{fancy woman}, {working girl}, {sporting lady}, {lady of
pleasure}, {woman of the street}]
v : sell one's body; exchange sex for money
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