PROSTITUTE
\pɹˈɒstɪtjˌuːt], \pɹˈɒstɪtjˌuːt], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˌuː_t]\
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A woman who indiscriminately consorts with men for hire. Carpenter v. People, 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 611; State v. Stoyell, 54 Me. 24, 89 Am. Dec. 716.
By Henry Campbell Black
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pros'ti-t[=u]t, v.t. to expose for sale for bad ends: to sell to lewdness: to devote to any improper purpose.--adj. openly devoted to lewdness: sold to wickedness.--n. a female who indulges in lewdness, esp. for hire, a whore: a base hireling.--ns. PROSTIT[=U]'TION, the act or practice of prostituting: lewdness for hire: the being devoted to infamous purposes; PROS'TIT[=U]TOR, one who prostitutes either himself or another. [L. prostitu[)e]re, -[=u]tum--pro, before, statu[)e]re, to place.]
By Thomas Davidson
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