See Also: prostitute(medicine)
prostitute(1)(dictionary)
prostitute(2)(dictionary)
prostitute(dictionary)
prostitute 1, noun(dictionary)
prostitute 2, verb(dictionary)

prostitute(2) (iou)



prostitute noun. E17.
[Latin prostituta use as noun of fem. of prostitutus pa. pple of prostituere expose publicly, offer for sale, prostitute, formed as PRO-1 + statuere set up, place.]
A woman who engages in sexual activity promiscuously or (now only) in return for payment. E17.
Jan Morris Prostitutes signal their services from the doorways. attrib.: Globe & Mail (Toronto) The use or possession of condoms to prosecute prostitute women undermines women's efforts to protect their health.
b. A catamite. rare. Only in M17.
c. A man who engages in sexual activity, esp. with homosexual men, in return for payment. Chiefly in male prostitute. L19.
a. A person entirely or abjectly devoted to another. E17-E18.
b. A person devoted to shameful or corrupt practices; esp. a person who misuses his or her talents, skills, etc., or who sacrifices his or her self-respect, for the sake of personal or financial gain. M17.
C. Fitzgibbon Turning scientists into military prostitutes.