prostitute
suomi-englanti sanakirjaprostitute englannista suomeksi
huorata, toimia prostituoituna, myydä itseään
ilotyttö, prostituoitu
prostitute englanniksi
To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. (defdate)
(RQ:KJV)
To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
*(quote-book)|year=1740|year_published=1759|pages=42–43|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0gVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA42|oclc=991281870|passage=Theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom.
Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means. (defdate)
*1791, (w), ''Rights of Man'':
- He speaks a languages that merits not reply, and which can only excite contempt for his prostitute principles, or pity for his ignorance.
Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (i) that is a prostitute. (defdate)
*2008, Niki Adams, Lisa Longstaff, ''The Guardian'', letters, 23 February:
- They rightly say that attacks against prostitute women are common and that it's only when five are murdered in one place that it starts to provoke debate.
*1651, (w), ''Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society'':
- As a matter of ease, exposed and prostitute to every Mother-wit, and to be attained without any great care or study.
Any person (especially a woman) who has intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. (defdate)
(syn)
(hypo)
A woman who has intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. (defdate)
2012, Kelly Olson, ''Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society'', page 50:
- 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), (..)
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. (defdate)
(quote-journal)
(monikko) af|prostituut
(monikko) it|prostituta
(inflection of)