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Definition of prostitute noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

prostitute

noun
 
/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/
 
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/
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  1. a person who has sex for money
    • men who use prostitutes
    Extra Examples
    • She was arrested and charged with being a common prostitute.
    • The prostitutes solicit openly here.
    • a book written by a former prostitute
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • common
    • child
    • teenage
    verb + prostitute
    • be
    • work as
    • go to
    prostitute + verb
    • solicit
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly, offered for sale’, from the verb prostituere, from pro- ‘before’ + statuere ‘set up, place’.
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