| Prostitute | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prostitute | a. [ L. prostitutus, p. p. ] Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. [ 1913 Webster ] Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prostitute | n. [ L. prostituta. ] 1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. [ 1913 Webster ] No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prostitution | n. [ L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution. ] 1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press. “Mental prostitution.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prostitutor | n. [ L. ] One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 卖淫 | [mài yín, ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄣˊ, 卖 淫 / 賣 淫] prostitution #13,697 [Add to Longdo] |
| 妓女 | [jì nǚ, ㄐㄧˋ ㄋㄩˇ, 妓 女] prostitute; hooker #15,443 [Add to Longdo] |
| 妓 | [jì, ㄐㄧˋ, 妓] prostitute #19,801 [Add to Longdo] |
| 婊 | [biǎo, ㄅㄧㄠˇ, 婊] prostitute #21,821 [Add to Longdo] |
| 婊子 | [biǎo zi, ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄗ˙, 婊 子] prostitute; whore #23,016 [Add to Longdo] |
| 娼 | [chāng, ㄔㄤ, 娼] prostitute #36,527 [Add to Longdo] |
| 娼妓 | [chāng jì, ㄔㄤ ㄐㄧˋ, 娼 妓] prostitute #62,091 [Add to Longdo] |
| 娼妇 | [chāng fù, ㄔㄤ ㄈㄨˋ, 娼 妇 / 娼 婦] prostitute #95,478 [Add to Longdo] |
| 卖春 | [mài chūn, ㄇㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄣ, 卖 春 / 賣 春] prostitution #126,504 [Add to Longdo] |
| 傍柳随花 | [bàng liǔ suí huā, ㄅㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ, 傍 柳 随 花 / 傍 柳 隨 花] prostitute [Add to Longdo] |
| 局 | [つぼね, tsubone] (n) (1) court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); (2) (See 曹司・1) separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); (3) room for a very low class prostitute; (4) (See 局女郎) very low class prostitute #177 [Add to Longdo] |
| 島(P);嶋 | [しま, shima] (n) (1) island; (2) (uk) territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf; (P) #492 [Add to Longdo] |
| 決まり(P);決り;極まり;極り | [きまり, kimari] (n, adj-no) (1) rule; regulation; (2) settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement; (3) (See 御決まり) habit; custom; habitual way; (4) (usu. as 決まりが悪い, etc.) (See 決まりが悪い) countenance in front of another person; face; (5) (arch) love relationship between a customer and a prostitute; (P) #4,989 [Add to Longdo] |
| 猿 | [さる(P);まし(ok);ましら(ok), saru (P); mashi (ok); mashira (ok)] (n) (1) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); (2) (さる only) (derog) sly person; (3) (さる only) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); (4) (さる only) (See 自在鉤) clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; (5) (さる only) (arch) (See 湯女) bathhouse prostitute; (P) #5,820 [Add to Longdo] |
| 天神 | [てんじん, tenjin] (n) (1) (also pronounced てんしん) heavenly god; heavenly gods; (2) spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; (3) (See 天満宮) Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); (4) (col) (See 梅干し) pit of a dried plum; dried plum; (5) (abbr) (See 天神髷) tenjin hairstyle; (6) prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); (P) #5,853 [Add to Longdo] |
| 呼び出し(P);呼出し;呼出(io) | [よびだし, yobidashi] (n, vs) (1) (See 呼び出す・よびだす・1) call; summons; (n) (2) sumo usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; (3) (abbr) (See 呼び出し電話) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (4) (arch) (See 陸湯) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (5) (arch) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (6) (arch) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period); (P) #9,734 [Add to Longdo] |
| 勝山 | [かつやま, katsuyama] (n) woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama) #10,671 [Add to Longdo] |
| 紐 | [ひも, himo] (n) (1) string; cord; (2) man who is financially dependent on a woman (such as a gigolo or, in the case of a prostitute, a pimp); pimp; (P) #10,809 [Add to Longdo] |
| 売春 | [ばいしゅん, baishun] (n, vs, adj-no) prostitution; (P) #12,347 [Add to Longdo] |
| 新造 | [しんぞう;しんぞ, shinzou ; shinzo] (n, vs) (1) new; newly made; (n) (2) unmarried woman of about 20; (3) newly-married woman; (4) new prostitute that has not started working; attendant of an older prostitute #12,746 [Add to Longdo] |
