Associations to the word «Prostitute»

Wiktionary

PROSTITUTE, noun. A person who performs sexual activity for payment, especially a woman
PROSTITUTE, noun. A 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. (transitive) (usually reflexively) To perform sexual activity for money
PROSTITUTE, verb. (transitive) To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves.
PROSTITUTE, verb. (transitive) (derogatory) To use one's talents in return for money or fame
PROSTITUTE, verb. (figuratively) To exploit for base purposes; to whore.

Dictionary definition

PROSTITUTE, noun. A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.
PROSTITUTE, verb. Sell one's body; exchange sex for money.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats