prostitute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prostitute	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for prostitute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prostitute n a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prostitute \Pros"titute\, 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prostitute \Pros"titute\, 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"titute\, 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. [bd]Do not prostitute* thy daughter.[b8] --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.