prostitute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒstɪtjuːt/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒstɪtʃuːt/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑːstətuːt/
Forms: form: prostitutes
Etymology: From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (“to set up, to erect”).
Senses: synonyms: sex worker
glosses: Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
examples: text: Unfortunately, there is to my knowledge no visual evidence for the dress of the Roman prostitute, but the literary sources present us with a range of prostitute clothing (from rich accoutrements all the way down to nothing), […]
ref: 2012, Kelly Olson, Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society, page 50:
glosses: A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
examples: text: Madonna would do anything for money, you know, she's a total prostitute. And I've got nothing against prostitutes.
ref: 2019 May 18, Jack Shepherd, quoting Bobby Gillespie, “Primal Scream frontman calls Madonna a 'total prostitute' for performing at Eurovision in Israel”, in The Independent:
synonyms: sellout
glosses: A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.
Synonyms: word: abandons
word: alley cat
word: almah
word: bangtail
word: Bankside lady
word: bargirl
word: bat
word: beotch
word: blouze
word: blowen
word: blowsabella
word: brass nail
word: brasser
word: brass
word: broad
word: business girl
word: calico queen
word: callet
word: cat
word: chippy
word: chromo
word: coaster
word: cockatrice
word: cocotte
word: comfort girl
word: comfort woman
word: commoner
word: Covent Garden nun
word: creature of the night
word: croshabell
word: daughter of joy
word: dollymop
word: doxy
word: drab
word: Dutch widow
word: escort
word: fille de joie
word: flap
word: floozie
word: fornicatrix
word: frail sister
word: Fulham virgin
word: gamester
word: gay lady
word: geebag
word: gillian
word: gill
word: girl rented overnight
word: good-time girl
word: GRO
word: hackney
word: harlot
word: Haymarket ware
word: hireling
word: 'ho
word: hoer
word: hoe
word: hook
word: hooker
word: hustler
word: Japayuki-san
word: jay
word: karayuki-san
word: KTV girl
word: laced mutton
word: lady of leisure
word: lady of light virtue
word: lady of pleasure
word: lady of the evening
word: lady of the night
word: lightskirt
word: loose woman
word: lot lizard
word: meat puppet
word: meretrix
word: mermaid
word: minx
word: mob
word: moll
word: mort wap-apace
word: mot
word: mud kicker
word: mud-kicker
word: mudkicker
word: musk cat
word: mutton
word: nun
word: nymph of darkness
word: nymph of the pavé
word: nymph of the pavement
word: painted lady
word: Paphian
word: party girl
word: pavement princess
word: perdita
word: pimpette
word: pretty horsebreaker
word: priestess of Venus
word: pro skirt
word: prossie
word: prossy
word: pross
word: prostie
word: prostitute
word: prostitutor
word: prosty
word: prozzie
word: prozzy
word: pro
word: public woman
word: pucelle
word: puella publica
word: pug
word: punk
word: pussygirl
word: puta
word: put
word: quail
word: quean
word: quene
word: quiff
word: ribibe
word: scrubber
word: sex labourer
word: sex worker
word: skainsmate
word: skivvy
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: slag
word: slapper
word: slit
word: slut
word: sodomitess
word: soiled dove
word: stem siren
word: stew
word: street taco
word: strumpet
word: succubus
word: Suzi Wong
word: Suzie Wong
word: Suzy Wong
word: tart
word: tawaif
word: thotty
word: thot
word: tib
word: tom
word: treddle
word: trick turner
word: trollop
word: trug
word: trull
word: tweak
word: vice girl
word: wanton
word: wapping dell
word: wapping moll
word: wapping mort
word: wench
word: whore
word: woman of easy virtue
word: woman of ill fame
word: woman of ill repute
word: woman of the night
word: woman of the street
word: woman of the town
word: working girl
Hypernyms: word: sexual partner
Hyponyms: word: asswhore
word: auletris
word: bodyworker
word: bottom bitch
word: call girl
word: carton girl
word: courtesan
word: fireship
word: gigolo
word: grande horizontale
word: hetæra
word: hetaera
word: hetaira
word: homowhore
word: outlaw
word: pan-pan
word: pitcher-bawd
topics: nautical
transport
word: prostibot
topics: science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: rock whore
word: spinner
word: stale
word: streetwalker
word: streetworker
word: white slave
Coordinate terms: word: business boy
word: butcher boy
word: callboy
word: he-whore
word: man ho
word: manwhore
word: moneyboy
word: party boy
word: piece of ass
topics: LGBT
sexuality
lifestyle
word: rent boy
word: Hollywood hustler
word: Rastitute
word: rent-a-dread
word: sanky
word: sanky-panky
Derived terms: antiprostitute
biostitute
intellectual prostitute
lacrosstitute
nonprostitute
presstitute
proselytute
prostibot
prostitot
Rastitute
sorostitute
Related terms: word: unorthodox entrepreneur
word: abandoned habits
word: balum rancum
word: calling card
word: call
word: fuckie suckie
word: fuckie-suckie
word: half and half
word: incall
word: john school
word: kerb crawling
word: Magdalene asylum
word: Magdalene laundry
word: Murphy game
word: oldest profession
word: outcall
word: sex tourism
word: spinning house
word: tart card
word: whoremongery
word: yellow ticket
word: on the game
word: abbess
word: Covent Garden abbess
word: lady abbess
word: madam
word: pimp
word: apple-squire
word: applesquire
word: pander
word: panderer
word: ponce
word: procurer
word: prostitute oneself
word: pimp out
word: promiscuous woman
word: promiscuous man
word: prostitute's client
word: vamp