Meaning of WHORE
| Pronunciation: | | howr
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- [n] a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- [v] have unlawful sex with a whore
- [v] corrupt by lewd intercourse
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| | Synonyms: | | bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, trollop, woman of the street, working girl |
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| | See Also: | | adult female, call girl, camp follower, corrupt, debase, debauch, demimondaine, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, floozie, floozy, fornicate, hooker, hustler, misdirect, pervert, profane, slattern, street girl, streetwalker, subvert, vitiate, white slave, woman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Whore\, n. [OE. hore, AS. h?re; akin to D. hoer, hoere,
G. hure, OHG. huora, huorra, Icel. h?ra, Dan. hore, Sw. hora,
Goth. h?rs an adulterer, AS. h?r adultery, OHG. huor, and
probably to L. carus dear. Cf. {Charity}.]
A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men,
especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a
prostitute; a harlot. --Wyclif.
Syn: Harlot; courtesan; prostitute; strumpet.
\Whore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whoring}.] [Cf. Icel. h?ra. See {Whore}, n.]
1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness.
2. (Script.) To worship false and impure gods.
\Whore\, v. t.
To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to
debauch. [R.] --Congreve.
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