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prostitute
English
Etymology
From Latin pr?stit?tus, past participle of pr?stitu?, from pr?? (“for, before”) +? statu? (“to set up, to erect”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??st?tju?t/, /?p??st?t?u?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p???st?tu?t/
Verb
prostitute (third-person singular simple present prostitutes, present participle prostituting, simple past and past participle prostituted)
- (transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Leviticus xix. 29:
- Do not prostitute thy daughter.
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Leviticus xix. 29:
- (transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
Synonyms
- (to offer oneself for sexual activity for money): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
- (to offer another person for sexual activity for money): pimp; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
- (to use one's talents for money): sell out
Related terms
- prostitution
Translations
Adjective
prostitute (comparative more prostitute, superlative most prostitute)
- (obsolete) Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means. [16th–19th c.]
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- [H]e speaks a languages that merits not reply, and which can only excite contempt for his prostitute principles, or pity for his ignorance.
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute. [from 16th c.]
- 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.
- 2008, Niki Adams, Lisa Longstaff, The Guardian, letters, 23 February:
- (obsolete) Exposed, subjected (to something shameful). [16th–18th c.]
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, 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.
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society:
Noun
prostitute (plural prostitutes)
- Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: sex worker; see also Thesaurus:prostitute
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
- A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. [from 17th c.]
- 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), […]
- 2012, Kelly Olson, Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society, page 50:
- 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. [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: sellout
Usage notes
- Some speakers consider prostitutes (sex workers) to be female by default, and thus use "male prostitute" to refer to a man doing the same job.
Synonyms
- Thesaurus:prostitute
Translations
Afrikaans
Noun
prostitute
- plural of prostituut
Italian
Noun
prostitute f
- plural of prostituta
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pro?s.ti?tu?.te/, [p?o?s?t???t?u?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pros.ti?tu.te/, [p??st?i?t?u?t??]
Participle
pr?stit?te
- vocative masculine singular of pr?stit?tus
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quean
English
Alternative forms
- quene (obsolete)
- queane (obsolete)
- quine (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English quene (“young, robust woman”), from Old English cwene (“woman, female serf”), from Proto-Germanic *kwen? (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??n (“woman”). Cognate with Dutch kween (“a barren woman, a barren cow”), Low German quene (“barren cow, heifer”), German Kon (“wife”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Icelandic kona (“woman”), Gothic ???????????????? (qin?, “woman”), ???????????????? (q?ns, “wife”). More at queen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwi?n/
- Homophone: queen
Noun
quean (plural queans)
- A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute. [from 10th c.]
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- (Scotland) A young woman, a girl; a daughter. [from 15th c.]
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 30:
- Forbye the two queans there was the son, John Gordon, as coarse a devil as you'd meet, he'd already had two-three queans in trouble and him but barely eighteen years old.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 30:
Derived terms
- cuckquean
Anagrams
- quena
Scots
Alternative forms
- quine (Doric)
Etymology
From Old English cwene, from Proto-Germanic *kwen? (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??n (“woman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwin/, /kwen/, /kw?in/
Noun
quean (plural queans)
- young woman, girl
- daughter
- maidservant
- female sweetheart
- (Shetland) A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep.
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