Meaning of PROSTITUTE
| Pronunciation: | | 'prâsti`toot
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- [n] a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- [v] sell one's body; exchange sex for money
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| | Synonyms: | | bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, sporting lady, tart, trollop, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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| | See Also: | | adult female, call girl, camp follower, demimondaine, floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, sell, slattern, street girl, streetwalk, streetwalker, white slave, woman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pros"ti*tute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prostituted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Prostituting}.] [L. prostitutus, p. p. of
prostituere to prostitute; pro before, forth + statuere to
put, place. See {Statute}.]
1. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to
lewdness for hire. ``Do not prostitute thy daughter.''
--Lev. xix. 29.
2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low
or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to
prostitute official powers. --Milton.
\Pros"ti*tute\, a. [L. prostitutus, p. p.]
Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous
purposes.
Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. --Prior
\Pros"ti*tute\, n. [L. prostituta.]
1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a
harlot.
2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to
infamous employments for hire.
No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. --Pope.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are a prostitute indicates your desires for more sexual freedom/expression and sexual power. You want to be less inhibited and possibly explore other areas of sexuality. Your waking principle are too rigid. On a negative side, you may be harboring feelings of guilt and negative attitudes toward relationships. You are having difficulties integrating love and sexuality.
Dreaming that you are with a prostitute, suggests that you are feeling sexually deprived/needy. Alternatively, you may be feeling that sexual relationships were more simple and straightforward. |
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