Noun: prostitute
| Singular | prostitute |
| Plural | prostitutes |
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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Kai Wen: Why not? You're nothing but a prostitute. / Vicky: How dare you call me a prostitute! [2013, Unknown, “Gang Clash resulting in the stabbing of one person”, in Crimewatch (Singaporean TV series), season 27, episode 3, spoken by Kai Wen and Vicky (Jernelle Oh and Shanice Koh):]
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Madonna would do anything for money, you know, she's a total prostitute. And I've got nothing against prostitutes. [2019 May 18, Jack Shepherd, quoting Bobby Gillespie, “Primal Scream frontman calls Madonna a 'total prostitute' for performing at Eurovision in Israel”, in The Independent:]
Nouns inflected like prostitute
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
3. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
4. Proto-Indo-European *pér
5. Proto-Indo-European *-o
6. Proto-Indo-European *pró
7. Proto-Indo-European *pro-
8. Proto-Italic *pro-
9. Latin prō-
10. Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
12. Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
13. Proto-Italic *status
14. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
15. Proto-Italic *statujō
16. Proto-Italic *statuō
17. Latin statuō
18. Latin prōstituō
19. Latin prōstitūtusder.
20. English prostitute
21. From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (“to set up, to erect”). See: Latin Nouns '
prōstitūtus'.
Verbs referencing "prostitute"
Polish Nouns
prostytutka.