prostitute
noun/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/
- a person who has sex for money
- men who use prostitutes
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsc2- She was arrested and charged with being a common prostitute.
- The prostitutes solicit openly here.
- a book written by a former prostitute
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- child
- teenage
- …
- be
- work as
- go to
- …
- solicit
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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