Definition of prostitute Prostitute

/pɹɑˈstʌtuˌt/ - [prastutut] - pros•ti•tute

We found 17 definitions of prostitute from 6 different sources.

What does prostitute mean?

Noun Plural: prostitutes
prostitute - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
		cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street
		adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
		call girl a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone
		camp follower a follower who is not a member of an ingroup
		comfort woman, ianfu a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman"
		demimondaine a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society
		floozie, floozy, street girl, streetwalker, hustler, slattern, hooker a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Verb prostitutes, prostituting, prostituted
prostitute - sell one's body; exchange sex for money
		sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
		street-walk, streetwalk walk the streets in search of customers; "The prostitute is street-walking every night"

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prostitute (Noun)
A woman, or other person, who performs sexual activity for payment.
prostitute (Noun)
A woman, or other person, who is perceived as engaging in sexual activity with many people.
prostitute (Noun)
A person who does, or offers to do, an activity for money, despite personal dislike or dishonour.
prostitute (Verb)
To perform sexual activity for money.
prostitute (Verb)
To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves.
prostitute (Verb)
To use one's talents in return for money or fame.
prostitute (Verb)
To exploit for base purposes; to whore.

prostitute (v. t.)
To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.
prostitute (v. t.)
To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers.
prostitute (a.)
Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.
prostitute (n.)
A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.
prostitute (n.)
A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.

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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prostitute, verb, present, 1st person singular of prostitute (infinitive).
prostitute, verb (infinitive).
prostitute, noun, singular of prostitutes.