Prostitute

pros′ti-tūt, v.t. to expose for sale for bad ends: to sell to lewdne : to devote to any improper purpose.— adj. openly devoted to lewdne : sold to wickedne .— n. a female who indulges in lewdne , esp. for hire, a whore: a base hireling.— ns. Prostitū′tion , the act or practice of prostituting: lewdne for hire: the being devoted to infamous purposes; Pros′titūtor , one who prostitutes either himself or another. [L. prostituĕre , -ūtum — pro , before, statuĕre , to place.]