prostitute

prostitute
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. whore, harlot, tart (see impurity).
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. whore, call girl, hustler, harlot, strumpet, lewd woman, bawd, streetwalker, loose woman, fallen woman, courtesan, abandoned woman, concubine, vice girl, fille de joie (French), tramp, slut, lady of assignation, tart*, hooker*, lady of the evening*, bimbo*, pro*, white slave*, poule (French)*; see also criminal .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
whore, hooker, call girl, street walker, woman of ill repute, lady of the evening, working girl, harlot, slut, *hustler, fille de joie, strumpet, trollop, demimondaine, tart, tramp, *ho.
WORD FIND
• act, one sexual: *trick
• agent: pimp
• bought off, willingness to be: venality
• customer: *john, *trick
• district: red-light district
• euphemism: adventuress, escort
• group: demimonde
• group of concubines: harem
• homosexual: *chicken
• homosexual’s old male customer: *chicken hawk
• hostess mistakenly thought to be, Japanese: geisha
• house: brothel, *cathouse, house of ill repute, *joy house, *sporting house, bordello, bawdy house, massage parlor
• male, upper class: gigolo
• mistress: concubine
• mistress of rich man: courtesan
• proprietor of brothel: madam ring of prostitution featuring kidnapped
• girls: white slavery
• solicit customers: pander
• undercover: escort service, massage parlor
II
v.
sell one's body, sell oneself out, lower oneself, demean oneself, debase, degrade, cheapen, misuse, abuse.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: bawd, call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, tart2, whore. Slang: hooker, moll. Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night. See SEX.

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