Prostitutenoun
A person, especially a woman, who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment.
Madamnoun
A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
‘Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”.’; ‘Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked.’;
Prostitutenoun
(derogatory) A person who engages in sexual activity with many people.
Madamnoun
The mistress of a household.
Prostitutenoun
A person who does, or offers to do, an activity for money, despite personal dislike or dishonour.
Madamnoun
(colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
‘Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.’;
Prostituteverb
To perform sexual activity for money.
Madamnoun
(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
‘After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.''’;
Prostituteverb
(transitive) To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves.
Madamverb
(transitive) To address as "madam".
Prostituteverb
To use one's talents in return for money or fame.
Madamnoun
A gentlewoman; - an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; - much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir; often abbreviated ma'am when used as a term of address.
Prostituteverb
(figuratively) To exploit for base purposes; to whore.
‘Yet again a commercial firm had prostituted a traditional song by setting an advertising jingle to its tune.’;
Madamnoun
The woman who is in charge of a household.
Prostituteverb
To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.
Madamnoun
The woman who is in charge of a brothel.
Prostituteverb
To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers.
Madamnoun
a woman of refinement;
‘a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady’;
Prostituteadjective
Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.
‘Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread.’;
Madamnoun
a woman who runs a house of prostitution
Prostitutenoun
A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.
Madam
Madam (), or madame ( or ), is a polite and formal form of address for women, often contracted to ma'am (pronounced in American English and in British English). The term derives from the French madame (French pronunciation: [maˈdam]); in French, ma dame literally means .
‘my lady’;
Prostitutenoun
A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.
‘No hireling she, no prostitute to praise.’;
Prostitutenoun
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Prostituteverb
sell one's body; exchange sex for money
Prostitutenoun
a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.
Prostitutenoun
a person who misuses their talents or behaves unworthily for personal or financial gain
‘careerist political prostitutes’;
Prostituteverb
offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment
‘although she was paid £15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself’;
Prostituteverb
put (oneself or one's talents) to an unworthy or corrupt use for personal or financial gain
‘his willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate’;